MC TEST3 Flashcards
Who commented on the sweet smelling breasts?
Bernard of Clairvaux
Who spoke of the Bridegroom nursing us with his breasts?
Bernard of Clairvaux
“Beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord; the consummation of wisdom is the love of
God.”
Aelred of Rievaulx
Who commented on John’s reclining on Christ’s breasts?
Aelred of Rievaulx
Who spoke of the crucifix in feminine terms of Jesus’ breasts filled with milk?
Aelred of Rievaulx
Who used the analogy of the mindless infant sucking milk?
Teresa of Avila
“The blood of wrath was transformed into the milk of mercy in the breast.”
Anthony of Padua
“The strength of Christ created you; the weakness of Christ recreated you.”
Augustine
Who first compared Jesus to a mother pelican?
Augustine
Who compared Jesus to a mother sparrow?
Augustine
Who spoke of the hen killing and ingesting scorpions?
Augustine
Who spoke of Christ furnishing God’s Word as an egg?
Peter Chrysologus
Who called himself a “dead chick beneath” Christ’s wings?
Anselm
Who expounded on Christ as the mother pelican by interweaving verses?
Peter Damien
“God was an eagle before the Incarnation and a hen afterwards.”
Robert Bellarmine