understanding of its origin. The belief in a personal creator is not less credible as man’s penetration into space grows. 3. Having already plunged his readers into deep theological thoughts, the writer now goes yet deeper as he comments on Christ and God. What is the relation between them? We are told three things in answer; the first may be summed up as the Son and the glory of God. He reflects the glory of God. To understand this claim we need to recapture the background to the thought. The idea