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What the Fathers say

Song of Solomon 1:11

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

The Father will then be revealed by the Son, "when He shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and all power;" that is, in such wise that there shall be no more need of any economy of similitudes, by means of angelic rulers, and authorities, and powers. …

On The Trinity 1:8.16 ↗

Jerome

Let us hear what the bride says before that the bridegroom comes to earth, suffers, descends to the lower world, and rises again. "We will make for you likenesses of gold with ornaments of silver while the king sits at his table." Before the Lord rose again and the gospel shone, the bride had not gold but likenesses of gold. As for the silver, however, which she professes to have at the marriage, she not only had silver ornaments, but she had them in variety—in widows, in the continent and in the married. …

Against Jovinianus 1.30 ↗

Bede

There comes about in our case too what follows: "And the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment." In accord with our capacity will the world be filled with the renown of our devotion, by which we prove that we venerate and love God and our neighbors with a simple and pure heart. …

Homilies on the Gospels 2:4 ↗