“The essence of piety is neither knowing nor doing but feeling.”
“In seeking understanding, faith must be on guard against making its cardinal doctrines too clear and distinct (á la Descartes), since this serves to undercut or deny the mystery in revelation. … Revelation overthrows and disrupts human reason, while at the same time placing it on a new foundation.
In order to find God man must rise above the realm of the material (where evil resides) and ascend to the realm of pure spirit. Salvation lies outside of time, history, and corporeality … the Sovereign God of the Bible cannot be put in a box.
“The true God lies beyond the confines of man’s perception and conception.”