CHAPTER XII: QUESTION 10: THE BEATIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST'S SOUL

[1215] cf. ad 2. The whole reply should be read.

[1216] cf. Ia, q. 12, a. 10.

[1217] Mark 13:32

[1218] Denz., no. 248. Moreover, as St. Augustine remarked, Christ as the best of teachers taught His disciples what was necessary and nothing more, because He said: "You cannot bear them now" (John 16:12).

In this we see pedagogy in its splendor. Thus it is said that younger professors seek to teach what they do not know; older professors seek to teach what they know; and teachers advanced in years what is useful to their disciples. This is what Christ did.

[1219] cf. ad 3.

[1220] Ibid., Ia, q. 7, a. 4.

[1221] Ibid., IIIa, q. 10, a. 3, ad 1.

[1222] Ibid., Ia, q. 34, a. 3

[1223] Eph. 1:20f.

[1224] cf. Ia, q. 12, a. 4.

[1225] cf. IIIa, q. 10, a. 4, ad 3.

[1226] Com. in IIIam, q. 10, a. 4, ad 3

[1227] cf. supra q. 7, a. 11f.

[1228] Ibid., a. 1, 9, 10, 11, 12.