Cantique : mystery of Christ is God the

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Christ hath God;
God unshown,
His Son is the mystery Christ invisible, man image Him known. seen,
But never the made is hath of

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of God,
He explanation He
And Word is embodiment Christ brings full is very view. true;
God’s God’s image to the own is God’s

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doth He glory God testimony Him,
God’s fair;
God’s God’s invisible,
Effulgence Image dwells bear. ever fulness in of of

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see is is myst’ry unshown;
No is now may earth Him The Church of to Church He now,
But man made thru Christ,
For man the He on known. the

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her bodily;
She may her Christ is see. duplication Christ’s man His The dwelleth true,
And in Church is full,
In expression Himself

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image of Head. the Church Christ self and to is the His His spread;
Christ’s Christ,
She The her
The in she, is has Body, very increase found

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Church the in triune in the her with and Son;
The is,
And the Spirit the Son God
Is now Father of Thus, Spirit the the one. is

mystery of Christ is God the