Deus ex Minima

Some are content with a whole
Tradition, some a single
Volume, one text you can hold

Under your arm to carry—
Some focus on one sermon,
A passage, a verse, a mantra,

A pure, ineffable name,
Or, in the limit, a word
That can’t be said, can’t be known.

To build your world around that,
An unpronounceable word,
Holier than all words said,

But still, in essence, a word,
Is that not the germ of faith?