Letter 183: The temptation that has already passed quickly loses its edge and turns toward forgetting.
When the divine power is at work, the question "How?" should have no place. For if many things surpass nature and reason, and if God accomplishes what exceeds all human comprehension, then to demand a rational explanation of every divine act is to subject the infinite to the finite and to measure the ocean with a cup.
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Latin / Greek Original
ΡΙΓ΄. – ΠΑΥΛΟ ΔΙΑΚΟΝΗ (81).
Ἐπὶ τῆς θείας ἐνεργείας, τὸ Πῶς μὴ ἐχέτω χώραν.
(82) Ὅταν ἡ θεία δύναμις ἐνεργῇ, τὸ Πῶς μὴ
ἐχέτω χώραν. Εἰ γὰρ πολλὰ ὑπὲρ φύσιν, καὶ λογι-
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