For the Nicene creed everybody always mumbles the "God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God" bit, the same way as they always sound a bit confused about the underlay in the "God of God, Light of Light" ("Lo! he abhors not the Virgin's womb") verse of O Come all Ye Faithful. What is it about those words? Perfectly reasonable rhetorical device, though I can't for the life of me remember what it's called.
(Bah. In my day, etc. Jumpers for goalposts. Isn't it.)
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For the Nicene creed everybody always mumbles the "God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God" bit, the same way as they always sound a bit confused about the underlay in the "God of God, Light of Light" ("Lo! he abhors not the Virgin's womb") verse of O Come all Ye Faithful. What is it about those words? Perfectly reasonable rhetorical device, though I can't for the life of me remember what it's called.
(Bah. In my day, etc. Jumpers for goalposts. Isn't it.)