CHAPTER TWO A Wine Dark Sea and Tumbling Sky returning to the love of beauty Too late came I to love thee, O thou Beauty both so ancient and so fresh … —Augustine of Hippo The holiness of God is not so much a distinct attribute as it is the manifestation of all His attributes in all their splendor. As the color white is not a separate color, but rather all colors together, so the seraphim acknowledge all the attributes of God in their great triagion. When the prophets and apostles turn to describe
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