Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Song of Solomon 2:13

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 369, footnote 2 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 4455 (In-Text, Margin)

... Saviour. Let us read the works of naturalists and we shall find that it is the nature of the turtle-dove, if it lose its mate, not to take another; and we shall understand that second marriage is repudiated even by dumb birds. And immediately the turtle says to its fellow: “The fig tree hath put forth its green figs,” that is, the commandments of the old law have fallen, and the blossoming vines of the Gospel give forth their fra grance. Whence the Apostle also says, “We are a sweet savour of Christ.”[Song of Solomon 2:13-14] “Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. O my dove, thou art in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the steep place. Let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.” Whilst thou ...