Patristic Quote of the Day

When His disciples asked Him about the end, He said with precision: Of that day or that hour no one knows, not even himself—that is, when viewed according to the flesh, because he too, as human, lives within the limits of the human condition. He said this to show that viewed as an ordinary man, he does not know the future, for ignorance of the future is characteristic of the human condition. Insofar as he is viewed according to his divinity as the Word who is to come, to judge, to be bridegroom, however, he knows when and in what hour he will come.—St. Athanasius, Four Discourses Against the Arians 3.46