Preface

“Salvation original: "Heyls"; continued from the previous page to learn, and he endeavored to be helpful to them as well through his instructions as also through his letters. He continued this practice until he was compelled by Providence original: "Vorsehung"; the theological concept of God's guidance of human affairs to take over the guidance of the Benedictine nuns of the Abbey of Montmartre near Paris, in which office he stood for approximately twelve years until his death. He was a man in whom one could find good counsel, and who led a completely interior life original: "inneres Leben"; a technical term in mysticism referring to a life focused on silent, contemplative prayer and the presence of God within the soul, just as one can see this from his writings which are being brought to light. His experience had taught him that if one wished to serve GOD in spirit and in truth, one must labor to give oneself to GOD
more through the heart than the understanding

„more through the heart than through the understanding original: "Hertz" and "Verstand"; Bertot emphasizes emotional and spiritual surrender over intellectual study,
The soul is of little use to God: Doing, Suffering, Knowing

„indeed, one must strive more to overcome one's temperament original: "Humeur"; referring to one's natural disposition or moods and one's nature in annihilation original: "Vernichtigung"; a central concept in Quietism involving the total surrender of the self-will so that God can act through the person and through the practice of the Cross, than to nourish oneself with empty and useless speculations of the sciences attained in a human manner. After he [had been] in the community, wherein—