Where the Fathers quote Song of Songs 1

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Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:79…king nor that he has david as his father but says only the song of songs which is solomon's b and although it seems difficult to me either to investigate or to be able to attain… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:81…the very titling and superscription of the book which runs as follows the song of songs which is solomon's for they understand it as if he had said that this song is the song of the… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:287…is vanity a song of songs of the same whose beginning is the song of songs which is solomon's let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth for thy breasts are better than wine… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:599D…mitting rivulets lovable to Christ! O groans leading the heavenly spouse Christ to Himself! Therefore she says: "Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth" (Cant. I, 1). I, the Church betrothed from the nati… Philo of CarpasiaPG 40:31…say the songs of songs which solomon composed or sang but rather the song of songs which is solomon's for since solomon is interpreted as pacified or peacemaking that is why these songs of songs are… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:39…the voice of the bride praying must be heard first cap vers let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth the meaning of this is how long does my bridegroom send kisses through moses… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:83…h origen on the song of songs book one h chapter verse let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth it is proper to remember what we warned in the preface that this little… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:85…these therefore and such kisses let the soul praying to god say let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth for while it was incapable of grasping the pure and solid doctrine of the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:253…with our mind let us consider that the bridegroom is kissing us with the kisses of his mouth but when we are destitute of mind and hesitate then laboring in doubt let us understand that we… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:287…the same whose beginning is the song of songs which is solomon's let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth for thy breasts are better than wine job whose beginning is there was a… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:353…that he would descend and be joined to the flesh are these let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth for thy breasts are better than wine and again he is urged by these… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:763…of us forever and ever amen h homily i h chapter verse let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth for thy breasts are better than wine and the odor of thy ointments above… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:777…loved the bridegroom according to the virgin in the canticle who says let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth thus the one whose conversation with god came about face to face as scripture… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:779…apply its own mouth to the mouth that gushes forth life saying let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth and he who makes life spring up for all and wishes all to be… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:599…o groans leading the heavenly spouse christ to himself therefore she says let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth cant i i the church betrothed from the nations no longer wish for moses… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:601…and who shall know him him i desire him i beseech a let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth i hear amos saying behold a man standing on a wall of adamant and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:563…of his wounds; but the wounded vessel remained, nor did it lose the ointment, so that we also may appropriately say to him: "Your name is ointment poured out" (Cant. 1:2). It is therefore worth the effort to s… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:747D…towel: [her] hands holding the alabaster jar of ointment, she anointed the divine feet, honoring ointment with ointment: "For thy name," ointment poured forth (Cant. I, 2). See how the sinful woman, ignorant of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:751…ad neglected the feet? Yet she has anointed even the feet with ointment, as it was expressed in prophecy: 'For your ointment,' it says, 'is an evacuated name' (Cant. I, 2); evacuated, not spilled. For because t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:103D…just as ointment gives grace to those who are its partakers, so also does a good word. For that reason he was also saying, A name poured out is your ointment (Cant. I, 2), because it made them breathe of that… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1213…who is written of in the song of songs says of him let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth for he used to embrace as it were through the mouth of his holy… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1069D…oman (virago) by them, of whom the Spirit of God said to Christ in the Canticles: Thy name is as oil poured out; therefore the young maidens have loved thee (Cant. i, 2): she may eat of the breads of her fath… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:55…promises may be fulfilled for me she hints at these things saying let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth and so that we do not interpret this in our own sense come let… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:57…to their end therefore the song of songs introduces the bride saying let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth by a kiss we understand not the meeting of mouths but the union of… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:87…bed but she thirsted for the bridegroom therefore she also cries out let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth and the prophet in knowing this for he was spiritual said rejoice thirsty desert… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1251A…2. I, 752, 1421, 1447. 2, 11. I, 1447. 3, 4. V, 790. 3, 8. V, 814. 5, 21. II, 125. IV, 631. 5, 22. II, 125. III, 734. IV, 651. 4, 30. IV, 1171. 7, 3. II, 700. Cant. 1, 2, 3. III, 1317. 1, 4. II, 145. 1, 5. I,… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:493A…fragrant substances, of which those who partake are perfumed in proportion to their participation. For the most divine Jesus, whose name is "poured-out myron" [Cant. 1, 2], as being super-essentially fragrant,… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1547…leading one away from the passion that the letter seems to suggest let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth c the bridegroom is the fountain of life crying out if anyone thirsts let… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2543…shall be taught of god c concerning which the bride also says let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth for of old he had greeted her through the prophets calling her to the… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:513…it may indeed love its spouse according to his works and say let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth but may it hate the enemy of men that is the devil who supersows… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:433…and thereafter also the kingdom of heaven the same on the text let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth for the son of god took man whom he assumed from the church and… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1835…as she seeks the bridegroom christ o the loss for it says let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth for… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:865…hate to love her own bridegroom the word saying by her deeds let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth but to hate the enemy and sower of tares the devil d regarding the… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:587…long to kiss your footsteps for i am not worthy to say let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth c dwell in me and walk in me just as you have promised without… George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 122:541…bride come let us therefore proceed to the interpretation of the words let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth b of the three fathers that is may he himself teach me his most… John Kyparissiotes d. after 1378PG 152:675C…uffered for us, and the last, finally, that the same One is designated both High Priest and King. "For ointment poured out is His name, to which all is given" [Cant. I, 2]. Since, therefore, it was commande… Matthaeus Cantacuzenus Imp. CP c. 1325 - c. 1391PG 152:999…h the song of songs h which is for solomon chap i let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth thy breasts c are better than wine h scholia h the name of solomon… Philo of CarpasiaPG 40:31…words of the faith and says h chap i h i verse let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth c as if by paranymphs so to speak sent from the heavenly bridegroom to… Philo of CarpasiaPG 40:33…listened to these things and others like them cries out and says let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth you therefore everyone who hears the spiritual songs because you hear of a spiritual… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:699…standing within the song was a new bride protesting against the disparagers let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth and i have no care for the reproach of those barking at me and… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:53…run that i may grasp but concerning the fact that he says thy name is as ointment poured forth therefore have the maidens loved thee and have drawn thee after them we will run in the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:97…which is from life unto life they grow stronger continually the statement thy name is as ointment poured out therefore have the maidens loved thee can still be taken in this way when the only begotten… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:211…in the order of every incense according to what is said elsewhere thy name is as ointment poured forth and i will run in the odor of thy ointments stacte is the most delicate kind of… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:1277…commentaries of saint cyril of alexandria on the song of songs i thy name is as ointment poured forth it also indicates the name of the only begotten which has been invoked among all the nations… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:59…from one and the same source therefore he adds a thy name is as ointment poured forth for he says these many and various fountains which have filled the whole world with the sweetness… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:161…lowest and most humble things as a fragrant perfume as with solomon thy name is as ointment poured forth or as a corner stone as with daniel they even clothe it in the forms of wild… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:641…to him alone let us adhere and let us be dedicated saying thy name is as ointment poured forth therefore have the maidens loved thee we will run after thee in the odor of thine ointments… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:747…by the intellect hence the church calls to christ with these words thy name is as ointment poured forth therefore have the maidens loved thee we will run in the odor of thy ointments and these… Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:1413…have corruptible ointment but with thee is the ointment of life for thy name is as ointment poured forth to those who are worthy but remit and forgive me cries the harlot to christ d glory… Tarasius of Constantinople c. 730-806PG 98:1411A…t that of the spouse, which is sung excellently in the Song of Songs to the bridegroom: “I am wounded by love, and I will run after the odor of your ointments (Cant. 1, 3).” He abominated dead and foul-smelling… George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 122:541…better than wine and the fragrance of thy ointments above all spices thy name is as ointment poured forth therefore have the maidens loved thee that is the nature of all things and the scripture are… Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:569…flesh he assumed and not only christ but also the chrism for thy name is as ointment poured forth he says the one from the beginning the other later for as long as there was not… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:1087…the holy spirit and the prophet david the king cried out saying thy name is as ointment poured forth therefore have the virgins loved thee c and see that you do not think this is mere… Germanus I of ConstantinoplePG 98:383…with the ointment of the holy spirit according to the prophetic saying thy name is as ointment poured forth therefore do we run after the odor of thy ointments because it is like the precious ointment… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:599…lord with my whole heart i will relate all thy wonders i will be glad and rejoice in thee i will sing to thy name o most high etc he who loves with the whole heart… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:43…that love is pure that love is without vice we will exult and rejoice in thee we will love thy breasts she who is greater already enjoys the milk of thy breasts and says exulting thy… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:97…already explained above vers the king has brought me into his chamber we will be glad and rejoice in thee when the bride had indicated to her bridegroom that the maidens captured by the odor of… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:763…run after thee in the odor of thy ointments the king has brought me into his chambers we will be glad and rejoice in thee let us love thy breasts more than wine righteousness has loved… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:599B…of song she sings. "I am black and beautiful, O daughters of Jerusalem. Do not look upon me, because I am blackened, because the sun has looked down upon me" (Cant. I, 4, 5). "I am black and beautiful"; black,… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:1159A…But that Ethiopia signifies all nations that are black with sin, the bride teaches us in the Canticle, saying among her repentance: I am black and beautiful (Cant. 1, 4), the former on account of idolatry and… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1551…the maidens soon says we will walk after the lord our god the king hath brought me into his chamber gregory the souls that are still young run in the odour of the ointments but the… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:929…with him in eternal joy so as to say to him i will be glad and rejoice in thee i will sing to thy name o most high and again for he has clothed me with… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:139…if they were certain admirable trophies won over the enemy vers i will be glad and rejoice in thee i will be glad he says as one who has received the experience of thy help and… Eustathius of Thessalonica c. 1115–1195PG 135:803D…s also obtained, even inclines toward this symbolically. 92. Such being the darkness in you, let them sing over you the song, "I am black, but beautiful" (Cant. 1, 4). For otherwise, that which is merely b… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:427…the door but i pray you may all be able to say the king hath brought me into his chamber let my soul exult in the lord for he hath clothed me with a garment of… Philo of CarpasiaPG 40:19B…mentary, p. 20. To those words, He brought me into his chamber, which are in verse 4 of chapter 1 of the Canticles, he appended this citation in the margin: Cant. 11, 4. Having not noticed this error of cita… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:35A…Actium, he discussed it so magnificently and clearly that it seems to me that what is written is fulfilled in him: "The king has brought me into his chamber" (Cant. 1, 5). Therefore, having passed over that wo… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:35A…an epithalamium. From this... we must consider how the bride says: "And because I am ashamed of the looks of others, the sons of my mother fought against me" (Cant. 1, 5), and when the battle of the brothers a… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:43…the bride responds to the adolescents vers i am black and beautiful o ye daughters of jerusalem as the tents of cedar as the curtains of solomon do not look upon me because i am swarthy… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:101…an ornament h book second h vers i am black and beautiful o ye daughters of jerusalem as the tents of cedar as the curtains of solomon in other copies we read i am black and… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:255…yet made our own ways straight vers i am black and beautiful o ye daughters of jerusalem as the tents of cedar as the curtains of solomon these things the church of the gentiles says to… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:355…that her calling was not empty i am black and beautiful o daughters of jerusalem as the tents of kedar as the curtains of solomon do not consider me because i am blackened because the b… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:787…h homily ii h chap v i am black and beautiful o daughters of jerusalem as the tents of kedar as the curtains of solomon do not look at me because i am darkened for the… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:789…young maidens these are the words i am black and beautiful o daughters of jerusalem as the tents of kedar as the curtains of solomon the teacher rightly begins the instruction of the goods from those… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:651C…stantly persecuting the prophets, corrupted their mother, the synagogue, just as she herself lamenting says in the Canticles: My sons have fought against me (Cant. 1. 5), they are called a generation of viper… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:837A…holiness, so that you, cast out and set in darkness, may say through Solomon: "Do not look upon me, because I am darkened, because the sun has looked upon me" (Cant. 1:5). Do you wish to know the meekness of t… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:67…breasts then the bride speaks again verse i am black and beautiful o ye daughters of jerusalem as the tents of kedar as the curtains of solomon look not upon me because i am swart because… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:883B…which has been accepted for so long an interval. And I pray that no opportunity be given to this complaint: The children of my mother have fought against me (Cant. I, 5). QUESTION II. On the writings… George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 122:545…and again declaring her blackness and beauty by a comparison she says as the tents of kedar as the curtains of solomon that is to say i am black because of those from the gentiles as… Matthaeus Cantacuzenus Imp. CP c. 1325 - c. 1391PG 152:1003…has loved thee h canticle h i am black and beautiful o daughters of jerusalem as the tents of kedar as the curtains of solomon scholia as if from the person of the new church of… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:35A…nnounce to me, whom my soul has loved, where you feed, where you lie in the midday, lest perhaps I become like one covered over the flocks of your companions" (Cant. 1, 6). So that I may not suffer these things… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:255…in his glory vers do not consider me because i am swarthy because the sun hath looked upon me c that is because christ despised me darkened by sin on account of my unbelief whom the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:601B…unswerving sheep in heaven, and is he not coming to the sheep that has wandered? Tell me, where does he shepherd, where does he rest, whom my soul has loved? (Cant. 1. 6). Being questioned, the prophets speak… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:263B…auty" (Ps. XLIV, 11, 12); nor does the bride seek my bridal chamber when she says: "Tell me, whom my soul loves, where you feed, where you lie down at midday" (Cant. I, 6). She has the heavenly bridegroom;… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:67…of jerusalem as the tents of kedar as the curtains of solomon look not upon me because i am swart because the sun hath looked upon me i do not think that the bride is saying… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:71…how she became beautiful and fair says the sons of my mother were angry with me they made me the keeper of the vineyards for they handed over to me as it were certain vineyards the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1279…9 146, 1 1501 128, 4 1480 118, 173 1571 146, 6 1503 129, 4 1481 119, 1 1577 147, 3 1531 138, 3 1486 121, 3 583 150, 2 1536 138, 17 1487 121, 6, 7 Tom. II p. 42 Cant. 1, 6 1540 139, 9 1489 122, 4 49 1, 12 1554 1… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1279…1569 146, 1 200 5, 8 967 Ezech. 44, 14 1571 146, 6 201 5, 11 1330 Osee 4, 15 1577 147, 3 202 5, 17 1367 12, 4 583 150, 2 210 6, 5 1412 Amos 1, 3 Tom. II p. 42 Cant. 1, 6 212 6, 10 1421 5, 14 49 1, 12 213 6, 12… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1555…she called the royal curtains a tabernacle vers do not look at me because i am black because the sun has looked down upon me gregory he confirms the mind of those who learn so that… George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 122:545…nevertheless an inversion as it is connected in meaning to the words look not upon me because i am blackened for one part of the church says these things to the other namely those from the… Philo of CarpasiaPG 40:45…curtains of solomon and all propitiate the divine with sackcloth xii verse look not upon me because i am blackened because the sun has looked upon me do not she says make me despair because of… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:45…until i truly possess him and ascend leaning upon my kinsman vers tell me o thou whom my soul doth love where thou feedest where thou liest in the midday i do not seek other times… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1347…expositions on the canticles published by johannes meursius in the year in the flocks of thy companions as one wandering d he addresses her thus know thyself first that thou mayest be able to know me… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 43:199C…usband. CII. This most candid woman diligently inquires of her own Bridegroom in the Book of Canticles: "Where do you feed? Where do you rest at midday?" (Cant. i, 7). Christ feeds in that aforementioned l… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1557…have counted loss for christ as the blessed paul says a ver tell me o thou whom my soul loveth where thou feedest where thou liest down in the mid day lest by any means i… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:255…of sodom utilizes the present word vers if thou know not thyself o thou fairest among women go forth and go after the traces of the flocks and feed thy kids beside the tabernacles of the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:257…god for the turtle dove is joined only to one h verse we will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver h this is there was not much nor was the silver poured out… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:357A…be purged away by you, so that, looking straight once more toward the decrees of the Fathers, it may justly hear regarding Christ: "Your eyes are dove's eyes" (Cant. 1, 14). I have therefore received a letter f… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1003…addresses each one of them in the canticles chap vers thus 'behold thou art fair my love behold thou art fair ' h chapter ii h h errors which the author appeared to profess h the… Matthaeus Cantacuzenus Imp. CP c. 1325 - c. 1391PG 152:1033…drachma which he had lost luke xv h chapter iv cant h behold thou art fair my love behold thou art fair thy eyes are doves without thy silence h scholia h this is a repetition… Philo of CarpasiaPG 40:87…this pasch with you c h chapter iv h d xci verse behold thou art fair my love behold thou art fair thy eyes are doves besides thy silence the bridegroom praises her beauty saying behold… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:603B…ohn viii, 12: I am the light of the world. God, Exodus iii, 6: I am the God of thy father. Good, Luke xviii, 19: No one is good but God alone. Beautiful, Cant. i, 16: Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved… OrigenesPG 16:1125…ks thus: More correctly Beroš. Thus the Chaldeans call the fir. The Hebrews say Berot and Berosh. It is found also as Beroth for fir. Beroš made, i.e., of fir. Cant. 1, 17, in the version of Aquila. V. 18. Rock… Philo of CarpasiaPG 40:57…not fear evils because you are with me o lord xxxiii verse the beams of our house are cedars d see the connection with what has been said behold fair in the prophets and also beautiful…