S. Matt. xxiv. 36. On this place Hurter
observes: “We must certainly believe that Christ, as man,
knew, through His human understanding, the day and the hour of
judgment—though not by virtue of the natural power of that human
understanding. Accordingly, unless we are without sufficient
reason to charge the holy Doctor with erroneous views, these words must
be explained as meaning that Christ behaved Himself as though He knew
not the day of judgment, and as though He were a servant, though in
reality He was not a servant but the Son of God. And truly Christ
did ‘for my sake’—i.e. in order to set me an
example—conceal many titles and powers which He really
possessed: thus, for thirty years He did no miracle.”
Cf. Bk. V. § 53. “He feigns ignorance, that He may
make the ignorant wise.”