The Song of Songs: Christ, His Bride, and Meditation on God's Love for Us.
The Song of Songs: Christ, His Bride, and Meditation on God's Love for Us. Historically, within the Christian tradition, allegory, and typology have played a key role in understanding sacred scripture in its synthesis with the teachings of Christ, and the sense that may be drawn from it for our spiritual growth. The Song of Songs has not been an exception to that custom, if anything, it is the most recognizable book in the bible to receive the treatment of allegory or typology when we consider this topic. We can see the most preeminent figures in each tradition, both West and East, devoting their pen to this book. Here, moved by a beautiful sermon I heard on the Song of Songs, I have decided to continue in the tradition of our spiritual fathers by offering my meditation and reflections on a verse from the eighth chapter of the Song of Songs. I hope this benefits you and allows you to contemplate the wonderous mystery given to us in this section of ...