Old Writers this, Old Writers that. The Reformers also thought Paul was the author of Hebrews that doesn't mean we have to do. And if we are going to go this route perhaps

John, even if there isn't a marriage, that doesn't mean that it isn't about a man and a woman primarily. I'm not against using the text as an allegory [b:2871ee1691]at all[/b:2871ee1691] I'm against sweeping the poem's authors intent away as a secondary narrative.

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Ian Brown
Attending Messiah's Covenant Community Church.
Student at Hunter College CUNY