Knowledge And Impediments

Quae sunt sursum sapite, non ea quae super terram. Supernorum coelorum, qui Aeterni sunt habitacula, nos petere exhortatur: ad his autem omnibus, quae in firmamento et sub firmamento sunt, dissimulandum. Quisquis enim his se superstitionibus occupaverit, impendimentum patietur; non enim poterit haec tranascendere, quibus se inclinavit, ut dominis. Ambrosiaster, Commentaria In Epistolam ad Colossenses, Caput III Source: Migne PL 17.434a

Be wise in the things which are above, not the things of earth. 1 He exhorts us to seek the things of the highest heavens, the dwelling places of eternity, away from everything which is in the firmament and below the firmament, which must delude. Whoever, then, shall occupy himself in these irrational pursuits, will be afflicted with an impediment, for he will not able to transcend these things, by which he is bowed down, as to masters. Ambrosiaster, Commentary On The Letter to The Colossians, Chapter 3 1 Colos 3.2