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Everything's right; I've got a clear mind

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As Trinity Sunday draws nearer I keep thinking of different things to post. I wish I had thought of them sooner. Anyway, here is the Athanasian Creed. This creed is typically (only) read on Trinity Sunday. It's reputation of being lengthy and a little confusing are deserved. This confession addresses the ancient heresy of Arianism (the relation of the persons of the Trinity). That being said: "Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic Faith. Which Faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled; without doubt he shall perish everlastingly. And the Catholic Faith is this: That we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity; Neither confounding the Persons; nor dividing the Essence. For there is one Person of the Father; another of the Son; and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one; the Glory equal, the Majesty coeternal. Such as the Father is; such is the Son; an

Put your heads together (the cause & cure are waiting)

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"To the Trinity be Praise! God is music, God is life, that nurtures every creature in its kind Our God is the song of the angel throng and the splendor of secret ways hid from all humankind But God our life is the life of all." This week I thought I'd try something different. Here is a poem by Hildegard of Bingen, "Antiphon of the Trinity." Hope you like it. Share your thoughts.