Origen on the Song, together covering 1:1–2:14*; these have survived in a Latin translation made by Jerome, who added a preface in praise of the superb quality and thoroughness of Origen’s treatment in. the commentary.68 In the homilies themselves, Origen develops the declarations of love made by the Song’s male and female protagonists (or “the Bridegroom” and “the Bride” as he refers to them) into a portrait of the nuptial relationship between Christ and the church; here the female figure is