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In Cantica canticorum libri vi (701 - 735) Bede |
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Et quidem Romanorum quondam siue Graecorum uel aliarum quarumque gentium ut castrorum erat
acies ordinata quia nimirum mundum uirtute premebat sed suaue ac decorum sicut Hierusalem non erat quia uerae pacis gaudia sperare uel imitari nesciebat; at uero ecclesia et pulchra est et suauis et decora sicut Hierusalem quia caelestem in terris agere uitam consueuit et terribilis ut castrorum acies ordinata quia barbaros etiam nationum diuersarum animos ac mores ad suum ritum trahere satagit. |
| Translation |
And surely an army of the ancient Romans or Greeks or of some other nation was drawn up in battle array because it conquered the world with its power, but it was not sweet and comely as Jerusalem, because it did not know how to hope for the joys of true peace or to follow in its ways. But the church is beautiful and sweet and comely as Jerusalem because she lives the heavenly life of while on earth, and she is terrible as an army drawn up in battle array because she is engaged in drawing the barbarous souls and morals of diverse nations to her own way. (Trans. Holder, p. 179) |
| Quotation source |
Lib. 4, Cap. 6 (lin. 137) |
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