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Methodius
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Introductory Notice to Methodius.
[2663] [Which has suggested the form of this allegorical work.]
Chapter III.—The Same Endeavour and Effort After Virginity, with a Different Result.
[2665] In Greek ί = ten. The word employed signifies the index of a sun-dial.—Tr. [The lamps found in the Roman catacombs have this mark (X), which is at once a monogram for Christ and a reference to the ten virgins. In the Greek the accented Iota might yet be associated with the initial of Jesus.]
[2666] Luke xii. 49. The Latin version is certainly more accurate, “Quid volo nisi ut accendatur?”—Tr. [A visionary interpretation follows. But has not this text been too much overlooked in its literal significance? “It is the last time.” The planet is now on fire.]
Chapter IV.—What the Oil in the Lamps Means.
[2671] Exod. xi., xii.
[2672] Matt. xxv. 6. [This parable greatly stimulated primitive celibacy.]
[2675] Bodies.
[2676] 1 Thess. iv. 17. Commentators have remarked on the peculiarity of the interpretation. We give simply the writer’s meaning.—Tr.
Chapter V.—The Reward of Virginity.
[2677] Wisd. iv. 2.
[2678] Although the Greek word is not the same as in 1 Tim. vi. 16, the meaning is probably this rather than unquenchable, as it is rendered in the Latin.—Tr. [See Discourse XI. cap. 2, infra.]
[2680] πνεῦμα here and for wind above.
[2681] Literally, only begotten. Wisd. vii. 22.
[2682] St. John xiv. 28.
[2683] [That the Canticles demand allegorical interpretation, we may admit; nor can I object to our author’s ideas here.]
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