Song of Songs 4:12 (WEB)
My sister, my bride, is a locked up garden; a locked up spring, a sealed fountain.
Fathers and councils · 11
Jerome
“Then follows: “A garden shut up is my sister, my bride: a garden shut up, a fountain sealed.”” — editor's note: Cant. iv. 12, 13.
Read the whole comment“…the vineyard of Christ, and since among the broken cisterns that hold no water it is hard to discover “the sealed fountain” and “the garden inclosed,” I think it my duty to consult the chair of Peter, and to turn to a church whose faith has been praised by Paul.” — editor's note: Cant. iv. 12.
Read the whole comment“Then He will reply: “A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.”” — editor's note: Cant. iv. 12.
Read the whole comment“Mary is “a garden enclosed…a fountain sealed,” and from that fountain flows, according to Joel, the river which waters the torrent bed either of cords or of thorns; of cords being those of the sins by which we were beforetime bound, the thorns those which choked the seed the goodman of the house had sown.” — editor's note: Cant. iv. 12.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“A garden enclosed, a fountain sealed, by the Jews who said, We remember that that deceiver said while He was yet alive, After three days, I will rise: command, therefore, that the sepulchre be made sure; and further on, So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone with the guard.” — editor's note: Cant. iv. 12.
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Ambrose of Milan
“But what is meant by the gardens He Himself points out, saying: “A garden enclosed is My sister, My spouse, a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed;” because in gardens of this kind the water of the pure fountain shines, reflecting the features of the image of God, lest its streams mingled with mud from the…” — editor's note: Cant. iv. 12.
Read the whole comment“And we ought to recognize what commendation of it the prophet, or rather Christ in the prophet, has uttered in a short verse; “A garden enclosed,” says He, “is My sister, My spouse, a garden enclosed, a sealed fountain.”” — editor's note: Cant. iv. 12.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“The sacrament of which unity we see expressed also in the Canticles, in the person of Christ, who says, “A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse, a fountain sealed, a well of living water, a garden with the fruit of apples.”” — editor's note: Cant. iv. 12, 13.
Read the whole comment“But neither must we pass over what has been necessarily remarked by you, that the Church, according to the Song of Songs, is a garden enclosed, and a fountain sealed, a paradise with the fruit of apples.” — editor's note: Cant. iv. 12, 13.
Read the whole comment“Concerning which also He says again, “A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring sealed up, a well of living water.”” — editor's note: Cant. iv. 12.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“But, employing the lamp of the Spirit for the search, you should, as far as is possible, seek for “a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed,” that, by your election the garden of delight having been opened and the water of the fountain having been unstopped, there may be a common acquisition to the Catholic Church.” — editor's note: Song of Songs, iv. 12.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in Letters Letter 13.
Cited together in Letters Letter 13.
Cited together in Letters Letter 13.
Cited together in Letters Letter 13.