Where the Fathers quote Song of Songs 4

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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… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1073A…). Indeed, even the hairs of the disciples of Jesus are numbered (Matt. X, 30). And there is also a discourse in the Canticle concerning the hair of the bride (Cant. IV, 1; VI, 4). Everyone, therefore, who regul… George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 122:611…indeed have an amorous aspect externally but within they possess magnificent ascents thy hair is as a flock of goats that appeared from galaad b of the three fathers that is to say thy practical thoughts… 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… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:269C…HAPTER IV. Thy teeth are as flocks of shorn sheep, that went up from the washing, all of them bearing twins, and there is not a barren one among them. (Cant. iv, 2) They bear twins in another way, becau… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:925…of shorn ones which have come up from the washing all bearing twins and none is barren among them if we look at this according to the bodily sense of the image i do not know… OrigenesPG 16:1595…good pleasure terrible as banners opposite me which have shorn themselves your teeth are like a flock of sheep within your hair and they called her blessed which looks forth terrible as banners i went down… Philo of CarpasiaPG 40:89…vers thy teeth are as flocks of shorn sheep which have come up from the washing whereof every one bears twins and there is not one barren among them this verse confirms the things aforementioned thy… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:269D…r way, because of the twofold nature of the understanding: the theoretical and the spiritual. As a scarlet cord are thy lips, and thy speech is comely. (Cant. iv, 3) That is, let the preparation of the W… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:271A…roceeding from the lips, being as it were immersed in the true drink of the blood of Christ. As a piece of a pomegranate is thy cheek, besides thy silence. (Cant. iv, 3) He adds to the praise of modesty that… George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 122:611…rather the utterance is perfected through these things thy cheek is as a piece of a pomegranate within thy silence that is to say thy cheeks are like the rind of a pomegranate astringent because of… Matthaeus Cantacuzenus Imp. CP c. 1325 - c. 1391PG 152:1035…contemplative and the active aspects of the soul simultaneously a h cant thy lips are like a thread of scarlet and thy speech is comely h scholia that is to say she did not speak immoderately… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:271A…nate seeds beneath its skin. Thy neck is as the tower of David, which is built with bulwarks: a thousand shields hang upon it, all the armor of the mighty. (Cant. iv, 4) Aquila rendered thalpioth as "bulwa… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:167…a pomegranate is your temple besides what is within your veil your neck is like the tower of david built with battlements a thousand shields hang upon it all the arrows of the mighty your two… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:271A…uild true knowledge. Two breasts of thine are as two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies, until the day breathe and the shadows incline. (Cant. iv, 5) The bride matches the reasoning with… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:935C…he Word "breasts," that dwell around the heart of the bride, as he says: Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies (Cant. IV, 5); because the location of the heart is… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1761…deprived of the spiritual fruit therein and such is your belly your two breasts are like two young roes that are twins twins of a gazelle that is your physical and ethical doctrine by which you… Leo VI the Wise 866–912PG 107:59…richard of st victor testifies in that verse of the canticle cant thy two breasts are like two young roes when he says to these two roes are the breasts of blessed mary compared because although… George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 122:615…against her these teachings also are hung from her rational part h thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins which feed among the lilies until the day break and the shadows flee… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:261…a dark manner but face to face the bride shall also say until the day break and the shadows incline for our life is as a shadow and he who was from the nations sat in… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:905…day shall breathe and the shadows shall be moved i will go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of incense you are all fair my neighbor and there is no blemish in you… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:939…before the world was for having said i will go for myself to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of incense by showing the glory of the divinity he added you are all fair… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:133…members of the bride he says a i will go for myself to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of incense because he says you happen to be so comely so beautiful so resplendent… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:167…lilies until the day breathes and the shadows depart i will go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of incense you are all beautiful my neighbor and there is no blemish in you… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1651…fed until the end of the age i will go for myself to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of incense gregory when he had praised the bride limb by limb and was about… George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 122:615…like two young roes that are twins which feed among the lilies until the day break and the shadows flee away h h pselli h and this appropriately said regarding the adornment of a woman externally… George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 122:617…i your bridegroom have rendered you so beautiful i will henceforth go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense that is i will go voluntarily to the height of death which is… Matthaeus Cantacuzenus Imp. CP c. 1325 - c. 1391PG 152:1037…is customary for singers h song h i will go for myself to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of incense thou art all fair my neighbor and there is no blemish in thee… OrigenesPG 16:1583…the day be stilled and they incline i will go for myself to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of lebanon o you are all fair my neighbor and there is no blemish in… OrigenesPG 16:1585…are moved into the glen of lebanon i will go for myself to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense you are all fair my neighbor and there is no blemish in you… OrigenesPG 16:1587…there would be not two but four verses namely i will go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of lebanon thou art all fair my neighbor and there is no blemish in thee… Philo of CarpasiaPG 40:93…in it what it says therefore i will go upon it b to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of libanus indicates spontaneity that is to say spontaneously will i go to this mountain… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:63A…Not having spot or wrinkle (Ibid. V, 27). Hear also what the Ecclesiastes says concerning her: Thou art all fair, my neighbor, and there is no spot in thee (Cant. IV, 7). Do you wish also to see the feet? Ho… Joseph the Hymnographer c. 816–886PG 105:1349…on the contemplation of the blessed virgin explaining that place in canticles thou art all fair my love and there is no spot in thee saying thou art all fair he says o most glorious virgin… Philip the Solitary fl. c. 1095PG 127:801…upon her beauty not having spot nor wrinkle nor any such thing thou art all fair my love and there is no spot in thee do you wish to behold the feet how beautiful are the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:135…pass over from the beginning of faith from the top of sanir and hermon from the lions' dens from the mountains of the leopards these things seem to me to correspond to what is said to… Arsenius of Mount Athos fl. c. 1150PG 133:993A…Libanon is interpreted as "Whiteness." Of which it is said in the Canticles: Come from Libanon, my spouse, my dove. ⟦Cant. IV, 8⟧ At the root of Libanon are the Pharpha… Philo of CarpasiaPG 40:93…says of those who come to her from diverse nations h cvii from the lions' dens from the mountains of the leopards h d to signify from the palaces of kings and from the variety… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:271A…but not as fawns. Thou hast wounded my heart, my sister, my bride; thou hast wounded my heart with one of thine eyes, in one of the ornaments of thy neck. (Cant. iv, 9) "Ornament" (enthema) is so called b… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:125A…its prime, saying in the following verses: You have heartened us, my sister, my bride; you have heartened us from your eyes, with one ornament of your neck (Cant. IV, 9). For your breasts are made beautiful,… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:127…body but only that of the mind saying thou hast ravished our heart with one of thine eyes and with one chain of thy neck as if he were to say thou hast truly stirred our… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:137…hast wounded our heart my sister my bride thou hast wounded our heart with one of thine eyes with one chain of thy neck h verse thou hast wounded our heart my sister my spouse thou… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:1157…rce, he says, my flesh with thy fear (Ps. CXVIII, 120). But holy love is wont to consume some, as he said, Thou hast wounded our heart, thou hast wounded (Cant. IV, 9). Others, however, it illuminates and m… Matthaeus Cantacuzenus Imp. CP c. 1325 - c. 1391PG 152:1039…cacodemons and their dens and institutions c cant thou hast wounded us my sister my spouse thou hast wounded us with one of thine eyes and with one chain of thy neck scholia in our hearts… Philo of CarpasiaPG 40:95…sister my bride thou hast stolen our heart with one of thy eyes with one chain of thy neck the bridegroom comes to her intent upon one of her eyes if what is said were carnal… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:125A…r your tongue; and the scent of your garments is like the scent of frankincense. A garden enclosed, my sister, my bride; a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed (Cant. IV, 10–12). Christ sings these praises to th… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1289…he himself affirms in the canticle honeycomb drip thy lips my spouse honey and milk are under thy tongue d but that he who is accustomed to speak cold and futile words is unpleasant the psalmody… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:953…thy garments above all spices thy lips drop honey comb o spouse honey and milk are under thy tongue and the odor of thy garments is as the odor of incense a garden enclosed my sister… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:23D…u have this grain in the garden of your soul, and partake of its myrrh, it is said to you also: "The smell of your garments is like the smell of frankincense" (Cant. IV, 11, 12, 15); that is, the smell of your fl… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:809…for although in the song of songs it says of the church honey and milk are under thy tongue it does not contradict the present but even greatly consents for it did not say in thy… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:141…praise and says thy lips are as a dropping honeycomb o bride honey and milk are under thy tongue and the smell of thy garments is as the smell of frankincense it is necessary to append… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:901A…weetness of the Savior’s lips, desired, which the lips of the Bride in the Canticles will also distill. "Your lips, O spouse, will distill honeycomb," he says [Cant. iv, 11]. There are the iron stones, rolling ho… Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:871…on from the beginning of faith thy lips drop honey o spouse honey and milk are under thy tongue and the smell of thy garments is as the smell of libanus b sister how beautiful are… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:363…same author of the song speaks thus thy lips o bride drop honeycomb honey and milk are under thy tongue all the evangelists are indeed such whose discourse carries the narrative to be likened to a… Callistus Cataphygiotes fl. c. 1350–1362PG 147:923…works o lord in wisdom thou hast made them all and that the smell of thy garments is like the smell of a full field which the lord has blessed o lord and sometimes to look… Philo of CarpasiaPG 40:95…sweet words of doctrine for good words are as a honeycomb cxi honey and milk are under thy tongue honey is the preaching of repentance milk is the instruction of the law cxii and the odor… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:271A…ds are honeycombs: for prophets and apostles have made honeycomb and honey. A garden inclosed is my sister, my bride; a garden inclosed, a fountain sealed. (Cant. iv, 12) The "garden inclosed" is mentioned tw… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:1065B…he things that take precedence. But one must seek, as best one can, using the lamp of the Spirit for the investigation, A garden enclosed, a fountain sealed (Cant. IV, 12), as Scripture says, so that through th… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:591…gait, her hearing, her sight, her smell, her taste, and her touch, and she was truly, according to the word of Wisdom, "a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed" (Cant. IV, 12). For the blessed one was like a garden… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:491…says: "They have abandoned me, the fountain of living water" (Jer. 2. 15). And the bride, which is the Church, to Him: "A garden enclosed, a fountain sealed" (Cant. 4. 12), sending forth. He is also the river,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:543B…upon me; as the earth bringing forth its fruits, and as a garden its seeds." For the Church of the living God is in very truth a closed garden and a paradise (Cant. 4:12), but one much more sublime than that.… Modestus of Jerusalem d. 634PG 86:3291C…according to what the holy writing says: « Whoever believes in him shall not be put to shame » (Rom. x, 11). For there was brought the « sealed fountain » (Cant. iv, 12) of the Lord, the Ever-Virgin, full of… George Pachymeres c. 1242–c. 1310PG 143:1059C…ion whatsoever, but that which is joined with an active influx; such as is the emission of branches from a living trunk. Of which emissions there is mention in Cant. IV, 13: "Thy emissions are a paradise of pomeg… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:953…spikenard and saffron cane and cinnamon with all the trees of libanus myrrh and aloes with all the chief ointments a fountain of gardens a well of living water which runneth with a strong stream from… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:965…of pomegranates with the fruit of apple trees cypresses with nards nard and saffron calamus and cinnamon with all the trees of lebanon myrrh and aloes with all the first of perfumes a fountain of gardens… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:143…of pomegranates with the fruits of the orchard cypress with nard nard and saffron calamus and cinnamon with all the trees of lebanon myrrh and aloe with all the chief ointments a fountain of gardens a… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:145…have often taught that lebanon signifies jerusalem it has also he says myrrh and aloes with all the chief spices that is the c mortification of the passions for myrrh is proper to the dead and… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1663…paradise of pomegranates with the fruit of nuts cypress with nard nard and saffron calamus and cinnamon with all the trees of lebanon myrrh and aloe with all the chief ointments a fountain of gardens a… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:837…to say i have gathered my myrrh with my spices and again myrrh and aloes with all the chief spices these are symbols of the burial and it is said in the gospels c the women… Philo of CarpasiaPG 40:97…in the following verses he indicates the burial of christ cxvii vers myrrh and aloes with all the chief perfumes to signify the body of christ that was buried myrrh and aloes from joseph the honorable… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:953…the trees of libanus myrrh and aloes with all the chief ointments a fountain of gardens a well of living water which runneth with a strong stream from libanus b if you be risen with christ… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:965…trees of lebanon myrrh and aloes with all the first of perfumes a fountain of gardens a well of living water flowing with force from lebanon that there lies in what has been said a very… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:143…the trees of lebanon myrrh and aloe with all the chief ointments a fountain of gardens a well of living water and flowing with force from lebanon h all these things she says thou hast sent… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1663…the trees of lebanon myrrh and aloe with all the chief ointments a fountain of gardens a well of living water and that flows with a sound from lebanon gregory observe the ascent for she has… Matthaeus Cantacuzenus Imp. CP c. 1325 - c. 1391PG 152:1041…all the trees of lebanon myrrh aloes with all the chief spices a fountain of gardens a well of living water and streaming from lebanon h scholia the virgin is called an enclosed garden by the… Matthaeus Cantacuzenus Imp. CP c. 1325 - c. 1391PG 152:1043…cohesive and unregrettable nature of the gifts of the most holy spirit a fountain of gardens a well of living water and flowing from lebanon the fountain of gardens is the grace of the most holy… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1353…woman having understood the saying more securely examine and prove yourself saying awake o north wind and come o south blow upon my garden and let my ointments flow forth for when our lord and savior… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:979…south and blow through my garden and let my ointments flow chap let my beloved come into his garden and eat the fruit of his apple trees i am come into my garden my sister my… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:587D…d the spouse, the Church, calls for in the Song of Songs, saying, "Arise, O north wind, and come, O south, blow through my garden, and let its aromatics flow" (Cant. 4:16). "In the morning," he says, "returning… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:693B…d I was delighted; Whom the all-virtuous Wisdom proclaims in the Songs: Arise, O north wind, and come, O south, blow upon my garden, and let the perfumes flow (Cant. 4. 16). Who is the north, or the south? Or wh… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:23D…of mustard seed in the garden of your soul, so that you too may say: "Awake, O north wind, and come, O south, blow upon my garden, and let my spices flow" (Cant. IV, 16). If you have this grain of mustard see… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:147…not only admired her beauty but also praised her garments says ver awake o north wind and come o south blow upon my garden and let my spices flow out a h chapter v h ver… Nicetas the Paphlagonian c. 885 – after 963PG 105:103A…tual and mystical garden, I put forward a mind that is humble and level. "Awake, O north wind, and come, O south; blow upon my garden, and let my spices flow" (Cant. IV, 16). For Solomon also speaks to you. You a… Isaias AbbasPG 40:1199…bride clean from every stain and may call to her bridegroom saying let my beloved come into his garden and eat the fruit of his apple trees let us apply ourselves to this zeal and care…