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Cosmas Indicopleustes

6th century · AD 550 · Eastern & Byzantine · 337 passages

Background on Cosmas Indicopleustes

In his own words on Song of Solomon

  • Song of Solomon 1:2

    For the son of God assumed humanity, which He put on [received] from the Church, and in return gave back His sacred flesh to be partaken of in the sacrament.

    The Christian Topography, Book 10

  • Song of Solomon 2:4

    The banqueting-house of the heavenly King, that is, His body which He built up for Himself as His house, and then also the kingdom of heaven.

    The Christian Topography, Book 10

Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations of the fathers — Aquinas's Catena Aurea, the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and related editions. Each quotation links to its source.