The Sanctuary of the Faithful Soul

Louis of Blois

Translated by Bertrand A. Wilberforce

17 chapters · about 2 h

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The opening

CHAPTER I HOW HE OUGHT TO BEGIN WHO DESIRES TO SERVE GOD WITH HIS WHOLE SOUL

HOW HE OUGHT TO BEGIN WHO DESIRES TO SERVE GOD WITH HIS WHOLE SOUL

SECTION I

HE FOUNDATION OF SPIRITUAL LIFE IS THE KNOW- “LEDGE OF GOD AND OURSELVES

t, Think reverently of God: fear, honour and love him.

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About this edition

The words
Bertrand A. Wilberforce's English translation, copied word for word.
Left out
  • Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 37 places
  • The scanned copy's cover and the library's stamps (St. Albert's College Library), read as letters by the OCR (15 blocks)
  • The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
  • Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 3 places
  • Other material that isn't the author's
  • The library's stamp (St. Albert's College Library) on the scanned page (4 blocks)