Speech in a Chamber

It is a scent of such astonishing strength,
why, Leopold, there are flowers hidden
throughout the room. There must be for I

cannot sleep without the noise of a boquet,
and gently, gently, sir, you know
I sleep most gently in this small room.

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The title of *Kyrios* [trans., “Lord”] can have two meanings in the Old Testament: it designates sometimes the Lordship of Yahweh, sometimes the incommunicable Name of the one true God. The New Testament transfers the title of *Kyrios* to Christ. Explaining this transfer is to define the Christian faith.

—from an entry on “Seigneur” in the Vocabulaire de Théologie biblique (1974) as quoted in Boris Bobrinskoy, The Mystery of the Trinity (via wesleyhill)