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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
Lo! now then that Word, so uttered, Eternal, the Co-eternal Offspring of the Eternal, will come as "the Bridegroom;" "Fairer than the children of men" (ver. 2). "Than the children of men." I ask, why not than the Angels also? Why did he say, "than the children of men," except because He was Man? …
Thomas Aquinas
"Beautiful in form above the sons of men." With the prologue set forth according to one sense, or the divinity of Christ according to another sense, here is set forth the commendation of Christ according to his humanity. And because he said, "I speak my works to the king," he commends Christ after the likeness of a king, namely David, from four things: namely, from graciousness, from warlike virtue, from judicial power, and from abundance of delights. …
Bernard of Clairvaux
For the favor of the kiss bears with it a twofold gift, the light of knowledge and the fervor of devotion. He is in truth the Spirit of wisdom and insight, who, like the bee carrying its burden of wax and honey, is fully equipped with the power both of kindling the light of knowledge and infusing the delicious nurture of grace. …
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