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Methodius
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Introductory Notice to Methodius.
[2612] Ps. cxxxvii. E.V., and in Heb. [Does not our author follow the Hebrew here? I must think his reference here is to the Psa. 136 as we have it. It is Eucharistic, and verses 10–16 seem to be specially referred to.]
[2613] Or, Eucharistic hymn.
[2616] “By the waters of Babylon,” etc. [He passes to the next psalm.]
[2617] Ps. cxxxvii. 1, 2. [Here is a transition to Psalm cxxxvii., which has been the source of a confusion in the former chapter. This psalm is not Eucharistic, but penitential.]
[2618] Odyss. K’. 510.
[2620] ὄργανον. The word used for harp above, and here employed with a double meaning. [“Body” here = "man"’s physical system.]
Chapter IV.—The Author Goes on with the Interpretation of the Same Passage.
[2621] In Hebrew the word means simply “a memorial.”
[2623] i.e., To those without.
[2624] Amos iv. 5 (LXX.). The E.V. is, “Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving in the leaven.”
Chapter V.—The Gifts of Virgins, Adorned with Which They are Presented to One Husband, Christ.
[2628] Wisd. iv. 2.
[2630] O Jerusalem.
[2631] Commentators have remarked the allusion to Phil. iii. 11. See Migne’s note. The thought of the marriage of the heavenly bridegroom, Christ, to His virgin bride, the Church, at the second Advent, when “the dead shall be raised,” was obviously present to the mind of the writer.
Chapter VI.—Virginity to Be Cultivated and Commended in Every Place and Time.
[2632] Jer. ii. 32. The author, in quoting from the LXX., slightly alters the text, so as to make it almost a command, instead of a question. The original has ἐπιλήσεται; in the text it is ἐπιλαθέσθαι.
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