Therefore do not seek to understand in order to believe, but believe that thou mayest understand.

Tractates on the Gospel of John; tractate XXIX on John 7:14-18, §6 A Select Library of the Nicene And Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church Volume VII by St. Augustine, chapter VII (1888) as translated by Philip Schaff. | Compare: Anselm of Canterbury: "Nor do I seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe that I may understand".