The veiled saying means even an adopted son must not seek what is beyond nature
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Cyril is explaining the veiled force of Christ's saying from Matthew 24:36, addressing what the disciples should understand from it.
He said that only the Father knows. Understand it this way: even if a human being has been called to adoption and has been shown to be a new son, he must not seek what is beyond nature, nor think it right to learn what not even. Text breaks off.
Greek
πατήρ·" ἵνα νοῇς οὕτως· εἰ καὶ κέκληται πρὸς υἱοθεσίαν ὁ ἄνθρωπος καὶ υἱὸς ἀνεδείχθη νέος, ἀλλὰ μὴ ζητείτω τὰ ὑπὲρ φύσιν, μηδὲ ἀξιούτω μαθεῖν ἅπερ μηδὲ