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Post by Josh on Dec 11, 2007 21:02:36 GMT -8
O blessed glorious Trinity, Bones to philosophy, but milk to faith, Which, as wise serpents, diversely Most slipperiness, yet most entanglings hath, As you distinguish'd, undistinct, By power, love, knowledge be, Give me a such self different instinct, Of these let all me elemented be, Of power, to love, to know you unnumbered three.
John Donne, Litany IV
I love this litany on the Trinity for the paradox of its affirmation of the power, elegence, centrality, slipperiness, and mystery of the doctrine of the Trinity.
"unnumberd three" and "distinguish'd undistinct" are some of the greatest expression of the paradox of the Trinity I have ever read.
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