Knowing Christ, knowing all

Knowledge cannot be separated into natural and supernatural.  Why not?

Because the object of both is the same: The object of both is Christ.

Augustine over-schematized Colossians 2:3, but he was on the right path when he interpreted it to mean, “In Him are hid the treasures of wisdom (knowledge of God) and science (knowledge of temporal things).”

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