The Grave of False Theology

their divinityThe original German "Gottesgelahrtheit" refers to the formal academic study of theology. do not agree, and meanwhile all together and each one individually base their opinions on certain verses of the Holy Scripture. Therefore, one cannot know which side to take in order to follow the right truth. God necessarily had to send us a new light to distinguish the true from the false, as well as true theology from that which is fabricated and newly invented through human judgment and diligence; this is what He seems to do in these dark times, wherein everyone is groping aboutThe original "nach dem griffe wandelt" describes a person walking by touch, like one lost in total darkness. and does not know where he must go.

God sends a light in the middle of this night to enlighten us; however, this does not happen by means of the scholars and wise men of this world, but through a simple daughterThis likely refers to the mystic Antoinette Bourignon (1616–1680), whose uneducated background was often cited by her followers as proof that her complex theological writings were divinely inspired rather than learned. who never studied and had no other master than the Holy Spirit. Nevertheless, she speaks as rationally as the best philosopher, and explores and resolves the highest points of theology without even knowing what "philosophy" or "theology" are meant to be.