Two Odes

Ode on Sola Fides

I do acknowledge there is parity,
when Christians confess the same creeds
But it requires greater charity,
to accept their faith without any deeds
For our Lord himself did not speak,
like the Pharisees, priests and scribes
But with a heart humble and meek,
did accomplish what the law prescribes
And that last night he was to live,
to the apostles he imparted the knowledge
That humble service they must give
and by selfless sacrifice him acknowledge

Ode on Sola Scriptura

That holy writ should be subject to the whim of private judgment
Is to usurp they who God has called to form his holy government
For what man in the street could discern God's own intentions
Without subjecting scripture to his own bias and pretensions
So to protect his church from the prospect of being so misled
He imparted the Spirit to the apostles, with St Peter as their head
That guided in their interpretation unlike these amateur sleuths
They may feed the flock with the Word not on half baked truths.