John the Solitary
5th century · AD 450 · Syriac & Oriental · 1 passages
Background on John the Solitary
In his own words on Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 8:6
Let the love of God be stronger than death in you. If death releases you from the desire for everything, how much more appropriate is it that the love of God should release you from the desire for everything.
LETTER 45, TO HESYCHIUS
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.