Alexander of Alexandria

In his own words on 1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 2:9

  Wherefore I do not think that he is to be reckoned amongst the pious who presumes to inquire into anything beyond these things, not listening to this saying: "Seek not out the things that are too hard for thee, neither search the things that are above thy strength." For if the knowledge of many other things that are incomparably inferior to this, are hidden from human comprehension, such as in the apostle Paul, "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him." As also God said to Abraham, that "he could not number the stars;" and that passage, "Who can number the sand of the sea, and the drops of rain?" How shall any one be able to investigate too curiously the subsistence of the divine Word, unless he be smitten with frenzy?

  Epistles on the Arian Heresy - To Alexander, Bishop of the City of Constantinople