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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
The virgin bridegroom, having been praised by the virgin bride, in turn praises the virgin bride and says to her, "How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O daughter of Aminadab," which is, being interpreted, a people that offers itself willingly. For virginity is voluntary, and therefore the steps of the church in the beauty of chastity are praised. This is not the time for me like a commentator to explain all the mysteries of virginity from the Song of Songs. …
Bede
The joining of your thighs is like a necklace, etc. Scripture often uses the thighs to symbolize the succession of offspring. For it says: All the souls that entered with Jacob into Egypt, and came out from his thigh, apart from the wives of his sons, were sixty-six souls (Gen. XLVI). Thus, in the thighs of the Church, rightly is its offspring taken as the spiritual generation, which is fulfilled through the mystery of the Word and the cleansing of regeneration. But the joining of its thighs is the unity of two peoples. …
Robert of Tombelaine
The daughter of the prince is called the holy Church, because she is regenerated into new life by the preaching of Christ, who through the power of his divinity rules over every creature that he made. What are the shoes of the Church, if not the examples of the preceding fathers, by which she is fortified on the road of this world, so that through all the tribulations that arise, she may walk confidently shod? Hence elsewhere Paul says to the preachers: "Your feet shod in preparation for the Gospel of peace" (Eph. 6:15). …
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