Origen

Fragment of the homily on Jeremiah.

In the two angels [who appeared in Christ's tomb] we can recognize two Covenants... They met where the Body of the Lord is, for in a similar way announcing the incarnation, death, and resurrection of the Lord, both Testaments seem to be here: the Old at His head, and the New at His feet. That is why the two cherubim guarding the atoning sacrifice also look at each other... In fact, the cherubim means the fullness of knowledge. What do the two cherubim symbolize if not the two Testaments? What is the sacrifice if not of the Incarnate Lord, of whom John says that He became a sacrifice for sin? When the Old Testament shows how that which the New Testament proclaims to be accomplished in the Lord, they look at each other like two cherubim, turning their gaze to the atoning sacrifice. according to the mystery ordained by His love.

Gregory the Great

Homilies on the Gospels, 2, 53, 3.

The presence of the Word is given in the circles of initiation: the closer it is, the more intense this presence is. The Bible is the "gospel preparation" and is concentrated in the Gospels, which in turn find their fullness in the Gospel of full dedication – the Gospel of John. To enter into John's proclamation is to identify with Christ's beloved disciple. Here the invocation of the Name is announced, in the rhythm of the beating of the heart of Jesus, on whose bosom rests the head of John.

The crucified Jesus, Mary and John on both sides of the cross: this is the first Church (not yet Peter's, but already John's) to which Jesus gives the Spirit of Svop (Luke 23:46) and the sacraments (John 19:34).

No one dared to reveal [the Lord's] divinity more clearly than John did. It is necessary to download directly: the Gospels are the fulfillment of the entire Bible, while the Gospel of John is the perfection of the Gospels. No one can comprehend its meaning if he has not reclined on the breast of Jesus, if he has not accepted Mary, the mother of Jesus, so that she has become equal to his mother.

Origen

Commentary on the Gospel of John, 1, 6.

Through Spirit-directed contemplation, the divine meaning of Scripture is to be understood over and above the literal sense of Scripture. The Fathers do not know fundamentalism, but only the Scriptures revealed to them by the Spirit to the innermost depths: the Trinitarian sacrament, the source of Love; and Christ's victory over death and hell – the triumph of Love.

If you try to reduce the Divine meaning to the purely external meaning of words, the Word will not deem it necessary to descend to you, it will return to its secret abode, worthy of its contemplation.