The first edition, published in Wittenberg in 1521, Philip Melanchthon's Loci Communes is known as the first Lutheran/Protestant systematic theology textbook. Of this particular book, Martin Luther himself once declared, "Next to Holy Scripture, there is no better book..."
This particular statement reflects a general ethos that set the stage for a responsible approach to doing theology. Namely, since God is infinite and only chooses to reveal to us whatever He so decides benefits us in this life for the sake of our salvation, Melancthon's comment that the mysteries of God are better adored than investigated recognized the limits of human understanding.
Because investigating the mysteries of God always gets us into trouble. When we start prying behind the "mask" of God's infinite majesty, trying to use our reason to discern things that God never told us, we end up creating doctrines and teachings that usually contradict what God has otherwise revealed clearly. This statement recognizes that the profundity of our faith comes not through investigation but in a reverence of the Divine, and in a willingness to receive the gifts that God intends to give us rather than claiming for ourselves truths He has not revealed.
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