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== Comments ==
 
== Comments ==
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* Directly quoting the Gospel of John 1:14. Pairs with "[[Introit]]" as the album's Christian-liturgical spine; with "[[Naraka]]" as a syncretic counterweight.
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* A direct quotation of the Gospel of John '''1:14''': "''And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.''" This is the doctrine of the '''Incarnation''' — the logos assuming material form in Jesus Christ — one of the central mysteries of Christian theology.
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* Forms a Christian-liturgical spine with "[[Introit]]" (Catholic Mass) and "[[Father And Son]]" (Trinity).
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* The '''Word''' (Greek ''logos'') also resonates with the magical / Kabbalistic tradition of the creative utterance — the word that creates the world — linking the track to "[[Acts Of Magic]]" and to the cosmological opening of "[[Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan]]".
  
 
== Samples / Lyrics ==
 
== Samples / Lyrics ==

Revision as of 17:12, 22 April 2026

The Word Becomes Flesh
Running time 5:20
Appears on Inferno
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  • A direct quotation of the Gospel of John 1:14: "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us." This is the doctrine of the Incarnation — the logos assuming material form in Jesus Christ — one of the central mysteries of Christian theology.
  • Forms a Christian-liturgical spine with "Introit" (Catholic Mass) and "Father And Son" (Trinity).
  • The Word (Greek logos) also resonates with the magical / Kabbalistic tradition of the creative utterance — the word that creates the world — linking the track to "Acts Of Magic" and to the cosmological opening of "Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan".

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