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“Tota Pulchra Es”: Mary, The Song Of Songs, And The Sacraments, Ann W. Astell
“Tota Pulchra Es”: Mary, The Song Of Songs, And The Sacraments, Ann W. Astell
Marian Studies
In a pair of articles published in 1951 in Orate Fratres, Jean Daniélou, S.J., demonstrated that the Fathers of the Church interpreted the Song of Songs as a prophecy of the sacraments of initiation: Baptism, Eucharist, and Confirmation. This interpretation fostered continuity between the Jewish liturgy, which features the Song of Songs in the observance of Passover and Sabbath, on the one hand, and Christian ritual, which gives a place of honor to the sacraments of initiation in the Easter vigil, on the other. This article traces the application of the Song of Songs to the sacraments of initiation in …