Sweet And Bitter

Dic mihi, in Apocalypsi pro quo dicit: Accipe librum, et comede illum; et erit in ore meo dulcis, quasi mel, et amarus in ventre. Respondit : Mellica est Scriptura in ore Ecclesiae, qui sunt sapientes, et fideles; amara est in haereticis saevientibus. Sanctus Isidorus Hispalensis, De Veteri et Novo Testamento Quaestiones, Quaestio XXX Source: Migne PL 83.203c-d

Tell me, in the Apocalypse, why does it say: 'Take the book and eat it ... and it was sweet in mouth, like honey, and bitter in my stomach.' 1 Answer: As sweet as honey is Scripture in the mouth of the Church, they who are wise and faithful, but bitter it is among the savage heretics. Saint Isidore of Seville, Questions on the Old and New Testaments, Question 30 1 Apoc 10.9-10