Catena Fidei

Psalm 45:8 (WEB)
All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia. Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.

Fathers and councils · 13

Gregory of Nyssa, Against Eunomius XI.2Book XI
“For who knows not that in the forty-fourth Psalm the prophet in his word affirms the Christ to be God, anointed by God?” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 7, 8. (The Psalm is the 44th in the LXX. numeration, and is so styled by S. Gregory.)
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Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians I.11Discourse I
“Chapter XII.—Texts Explained; Secondly, Psalm xlv. 7, 8.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo, Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen Chapter 5
“Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy fellows.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 6–17
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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 45
““Out of Thy garments is the smell of myrrh, amber, and cassia” (ver. 8).” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 105
“But it may well excite a question, in what sense they were styled (Christs, or) anointed, before there was any unction, from which this title was given to the kings.…Whence then were those patriarchs at that time called “anointed”?” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 8.
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Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XVII.16Book XVII
“Myrrh and drops, and cassia from Thy vestments, from the houses of ivory: out of which the daughters of kings have delighted Thee in Thine honor.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 1–9.
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Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 25
“For that reason it is said of Him, “God, even Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy fellows.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 8.
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Origen, De Principiis II.6Book II
“For they are said to have “run in the odour of his ointments;”and that soul was the vessel which contained that very ointment of whose fragrance all the worthy prophets and apostles were made partakers.” — editor's note: Illi enim in odore unguentorum ejus circumire dicuntur; perhaps an allusion to Song of Sol. i. 3 or to Ps. xlv. 8.
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Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 63
“Hearken, O daughter, and behold, and incline thine ear, and forget thy people and the house of thy father; and the King shall desire thy beauty: because he is thy Lord, and thou shalt worship Him.’” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 6–11.
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Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.5Book IV
“Not weak was the Lord of hosts when He gave sight to the blind, made the crooked to stand upright, raised the dead to life, anticipated the effects of medicine at our prayers, and cured them that besought Him, and when to touch the fringe of His robe was to be purified.” — editor's note: Ps. cxlv. 8.
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Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Spirit I.9Book I
“This is the oil of gladness, of which the prophet says: “God, even Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy fellows.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. [xliv.] 8.
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John Chrysostom, Homilies on Hebrews Homily 32
““The Lord is pitiful and merciful, long-suffering, and of great mercy” ( Ps. cxlv. 8 ), and true.” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor II.8Book II
“Wherefore also the Lord Himself is anointed with an ointment, as is mentioned by David: “Wherefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows; myrrh, and stacte, and cassia from thy garments.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 7, 8.
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