The Light Risen in Darkness: in Four Parts ; Being a Collection of Letters Written to Several Persons, Upon Great and Important Subjects ; Very Profitable for the Common Instruction and Conduct of All Who Seek God in Sincerity . With a Large Explication of the 24. and 25. Chapters of St.

The Light Risen In Darkness: In Four Parts ; Being A Collection Of Letters Written To Several Persons, Upon Great And Important Subjects ; Very Profitable For The Common Instruction And Conduct Of All who Seek God In Sincerity. With A Large Explication Of The 24. And 25. Chapters Of St - Antoinette Bourignon. This first part (Part I of four) presents a program of inward, Spirit-led Christianity delivered through a series of letters to a diverse readership, urging a return to an inner spirituality rather than external forms. Bourignon argues that true Christianity is inward and guided by the Holy Spirit, not by outward rituals, learned authority, or institutional power, and that the current age is spiritually dark while a dawn of divine light approaches for those humble and obedient to Christ. Core themes include hearing God within, discerning spirits by fruits and obedience, and valuing inward virtue—purity, meekness, poverty, humility, and love for God and neighbor—over outward form. She critiques worldly learning and ecclesiastical pomp and envisions a purified, Spirit-led Church amid coming upheaval and a climactic revelation. The opening letters and explication of St Matthew’s Gospel (24th chapter) introduce a radical mysticism framed as a guide to true perfection.