The king brought me into his chambers
The king has brought me into his chambers. The chambers are the secrets of wisdom, hidden treasuries of knowledge. King Christ brings the soul from outside to what is within, from letter to spirit, from history to mystery. We will exult and rejoice in you: joy not in the chambers themselves, but in the king who brings her in.
Latin
Introduxit me rex in cellaria sua. Cellaria sunt secreta sapientiae, thesauri scientiae absconditi. Rex Christus introducit animam de foris ad interiora, de littera ad spiritum, de historia ad mysterium. Exsultabimus et laetabimur in te: laetitia non in cellariis ipsis, sed in rege qui introducit.
About this text
Origen’s Commentary on the Song of Songs, Liber I (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–20.
English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII (GCS 33, 1925), Rufinus’s Latin of Commentary Liber I. Lawson ACW 26 was not used as wording. This page is Liber I §§1–20 (closeout).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII = GCS 33 (1925) (Latin · Commentary Liber I §§1–20)
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