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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Oecumenius
For, he says, the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his bride has prepared herself. The marriage present with the Lord is still an engagement to the church and not yet a completed marriage. And this the divine apostle associates, writing the second letter to the Corinthians, in which he says: "for I engaged you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ." (2 Cor. 11:2) Therefore the matter is still an engagement; for "I engaged you": truly. …
Western Saints
Bede
And his wife has made herself ready. By constantly engaging in works of righteousness, she has shown herself worthy of the spiritual feast and eternal kingdom. This can also be understood according to the parable of the Gospel, which narrates the virgins rising at the arrival of the bridegroom, adorning their lamps, that is, accounting for their works, for which they expect to receive eternal beatitude.
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