Thus, to my thinking, the divine Paradise is
twofold, and the God-inspired Fathers handed down a true message,
whether they taught this doctrine or that. Indeed, it is possible
to understand by every tree the knowledge of the divine power derived
from created things. In the words of the divine Apostle, For
the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly
seen, being understood by the things that are made Rom. i. 20.. But of all these thoughts and
speculations the sublimest is that dealing with ourselves, that is,
with our own composition. As the divine David says, The
knowledge of Thee from me Ps. cxxxix. 6., that is from
my constitution, was made a wonder εθαυμαστώθη
ἡ γνῶσίς σου
ἐξ εμοῦ,
τουτέστιν, ἐκ
τῆς ἐμῆς
κατασκευῆς.
Basil, Gregory Naz., Anastasius II., Antiochenus and others render it
so, following the LXX. version, and not the Hebrew text.. But
for the reasons we have already mentioned, such knowledge was dangerous
for Adam who had been so lately created Maxim., in
Script. p. 10..