To Be a Theologian of the Cross

當教會在同一的聖靈中，由水裡重生之時，她就變成了在基督裡的身體，以致於他們就成了兩位一體。

此一結合乃是從基督道成肉身的那一刻開始，一直延續到祂再來為止，使得一切所有的儀式都告完成。然後那些預備好的人，就是已經充分地滿足這崇高婚姻之要求，將要滿有敬畏地與基督一同步入這婚筵當中。此刻，基督所承諾的新婦將要被帶到她的良人面前，並且他們每日要以信心和仁慈彼此立誓，直等到祂再來。

拉得伯徒
第九世紀

When the church is reborn of water in this same Spirit, she becomes one body in Christ, so that they are two in s single body.

This wedding lasts from the first moment of Christ's incarnation until his return, so that all its rites may be completed. Then those who are ready, having duly fulfilled the requirements of so exalted a marriage, will go in to the eternal wedding banquet with Christ, filled with awe. Meanwhile, Christ's promised bride is brought to her husband, and in faith and mercy they pledge themselves to one another every day until he comes again.

Paschasius Radbertus
Ninth Century