Scripture Meditation: Bernard of Clairvaux: Scripture and the Song of Songs
Teaching on Scripture Meditation from Bernard of Clairvaux: Bernard of Clairvaux: Scripture and the Song of Songs
This is a spiritual discipline on song of Songs and love, drawing on Song of Songs 2:10-13, Ephesians 5:25-27 and Revelation 19:7.
Bernard of Clairvaux (d. 1153) preached 86 sermons on the Song of Songs, reading it as an allegory of the love between Christ and the soul. He wrote: "The mouth that kisses signifies the Word who assumes human nature; the nature assumed receives the kiss." Bernard's approach to Scripture was deeply personal and devotional, seeking not only intellectual understanding but intimate encounter.…
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