Holy Scripture
Song of Solomon 6:3
A church father on this verse
“So long as Christ wishes there to be one church of all nations, whoever is a stranger to the church is not considered a part of the body of Christ, even though he uses the name of Christian. That heresy which rejects the unity of the Catholic church is to him a concubine and not a wife, in that it loves Christ with an…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3I am my kinsman’s, and my kinsman is mine, Who feeds among the lilies.
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In context
1Whither is thy kinsman gone, Thou beautiful among women? Whither has thy kinsman turned aside? Tell us, and we will seek him with thee.
2My kinsman is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spice, To feed his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
— Song of Solomon 6:3 —
4Thou art fair, my companion, as Pleasure, Beautiful as Jerusalem, Terrible as armies set in array.
5Turn away thine eyes from before me, For they have ravished me: Thy hair is as flocks of goats Which have appeared from Gilead.