One can attempt to investigate, with the mind, those things [God] does that are consistent with our nature; as for the things he does miraculously, beyond our thought and our nature, we must hold them by faith and not scrutinize them with our reason.
Theodotus of Anchyra, Homily 1, I; PG 77, 1349 B-C.
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References:
Gambero, L., 1999. Mary and the Fathers of the Church 1st ed. Translated by Buffer, T., San Francisco: Ignatius Press.