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  "description": "The quotations from St. Augustine are taken from On the Trinity, Book 1. The beloved saint will show that the words of our Lord Jesus in Mark 13:32 do not imply that the Son was ignorant of the Day or Hour, but that he chose to veil that knowledge for the express purpose of not making it known to his disciples. Augustine then quotes the Apostle Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 2:2 to explain that not knowing can and often does refer to not making something known to others. All emphasis will be mine",
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  "textContent": "The quotations from St. Augustine are taken from On the Trinity, Book 1. The beloved saint will show that the words of our Lord Jesus in Mark 13:32 do not imply that the Son was ignorant of the Day or Hour, but that he chose to veil that knowledge for the express purpose of not making it known to his disciples. Augustine then quotes the Apostle Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 2:2 to explain that not knowing can and often does refer to not making something known to others. All emphasis will be mine.\n\n**Chapter 12.— In What Manner the Son is Said Not to Know the Day and the Hour Which the Father Knows. Some Things Said of Christ According to the Form of God, Other Things According to the Form of a Servant. In What Way It is of Christ to Give the Kingdom, in What Not of Christ. Christ Will Both Judge and Not Judge.**\n\nAgain,  _Of that day and that hour_ knows_no man, no, not the_ angels_which are in heaven; neither the_ Son_, but the Father_. ** _For He is_** ignorant**_of this, as _making others__** ignorant**_; that is, in that He did not so_** know**_as at that time to show His_** disciples: as it was said to Abraham,  _Now I_ know_that you fear_ God**, that is, now I have caused you to** know**it** ; because he himself, being tried in that temptation, became known to himself. For He was certainly going to tell this same thing to His disciples at the fitting time; speaking of which yet future as if past, He says,  _Henceforth I call you not servants, but friends; for the servant_ knows_not what his Lord does: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made_ known_unto you_ ; which He had not yet done, but spoke as though He had already done it, because He certainly would do it. For He says to the disciples themselves,  _I have yet many things to say unto you; but you cannot bear them now_. **Among which is to be understood also,_Of the day and hour_. For the apostle also says,  _I determined not to_** know**_anything among you, save_** Jesus Christ**_, and Him crucified_ ; because he was speaking to those who were not able to receive higher things concerning the Godhead of **Christ. To whom also a little while after he says,  _I could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal_**. He was** ignorant**, therefore, among them of that which they were not able to** know**from him**. And that only he said that he knew, which it was fitting that they should know from him**. In short, he** knew**among the perfect what he** knew**not among babes** ; for he there says:  _We speak wisdom among them that are perfect_. **For a man is said not to** know**what he hides** , after that kind of speech, after which a ditch is called blind which is hidden. For the Scriptures do not use any other kind of speech than may be found in use among men, because they speak to men.\n\n**Further Reading**\n\nIrenaeus, Jesus & the Hour",
  "title": "Paul, Augustine & Jesus’ Knowledge of the Day & Hour",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-16T07:41:06.013Z"
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