couplet against nicene

The Nicene Creed, refuted here,
Drawing reason's light, making falsehood clear.

"We believe in one God," it aims to claim,
But twists to three, igniting logic's flame.

The Father Almighty, Maker of all seen,
Yet shares His essence—how can this be clean?

For God is simple, one without divide,
No parts or persons where distinctions hide.

If Father's not the Son, difference must be,
Implying splits in God's eternity.

Son begotten, "very God from God,"
Suggests a birth, which reason finds most odd.

"Eternal generation"? Words that bend,
But eternal God needs no begin or end.

"Light from Light," they say in flowing phrase,
Yet light divided dims the single blaze.

Then Spirit, proceeding from the pair,
Adds third to mingling, fogs covering clear air.

"Consubstantial" three, "coequal" in might,
But "unity" cracks under reason's sight.

If each is God full, then gods are three,
Polytheism veiled in mystery.

Or if one essence, persons mere disguise,
Then modal masks, where true distinction dies.

Our inner sense, innate and pure design,
Sees God as One, no triad to entwine.

Creed forged in council, human hands at play,
Corrupts the mind, leading hearts astray.

Reject the tangle, embrace the straight path,
Where God's oneness shields from logic's wrath.

In wisdom's order, teleology's aim,
The Cross's Creed dissolves, a phantom without claim.