Cânticos 5
Theodoret of Cyrus · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
Cânticos 5:10
The bride instructs the young women who had enquired as to the features of the bridegroom, saying, "My nephew is white and ruddy," mentioning "white" first and "ruddy" second. He was always God, but he became man as well, not by abandoning what he was or being turned into a man but by putting on a human nature. So he is "white" as God: what could be whiter than light? Now, he is the true light, according to the Gospel saying, "He was the true light, which enlightens every person coming into the world."He is not only "white," however, but also "ruddy." After all, he is not only God but also man. Now, the term ruddy suggests earthly; hence also in Isaiah the divine powers, on seeing him ascending from earth to heaven, pose the question, "Who is this coming from Edom, the red of his garments from Bozrah? He is charming in his vesture, overpowering in his strength." — COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS 5
Cânticos 5:12
"His eyes like doves on pools of water," once again here by mention of the "eyes" admiring his keen sight. Hence her saying they are like doves "on pools of water" reminds us of the dove coming down on him in the Jordan. … Hence the bride says, "His eyes like doves on pools of water": his eyes are constantly upon the source of baptism, awaiting those being saved and longing for the salvation of everyone. — COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS 5
Cânticos 5:15
"His form is like choice incense, like cedars." Here again she makes reference to the fact of two natures, calling the divine nature "incense" since by the law incense was offered to God, and by "cedar" referring to the human nature in its not being affected by the rottenness of sin, the cedar of all trees not going rotten. — COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS 5