Jean de Bernieres-Louvigny

Jean de Bernieres-Louvigny, copper engraving by Johann Georg Hertel after Georg Andreas Wolfgang 1631

Jean de Bernieres-Louvigny (* 1602 in Caen ; † May 3, 1659 ibid) was a French lay mystic and spiritual writer.

Life

Jean de Bernieres-Louvigny was born a nobleman in the Norman city of Caen in 1602 and worked as a royal tax clerk. After a conversion experience, he led an ascetic life in a hermitage . He never became a cleric , but devoted himself to the spiritual guidance of many people and wrote some spiritual writings, all of which were not printed until after his death. He led a peaceful, but also a charitable life. He died in his native city on May 3, 1659.

After his death, several of his works were indexed by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith , such as Le Chrestien Interieur in 1689 and Les Oeuvres spirituelles in 1690 (initially in the Italian translations ll Christiano interiore or Opere Spirituali ).

The German mystic of Reformed Pietism Gerhard Tersteegen (1697–1769) translated his works for the first time in 1727.

Quotes

"If there is pure love on earth, it is to be found in the heart that loves its humiliation."

- From: Jean de Bernieres-Louvigny - The Inner Christ

“The virtues, which are shown through external works, are very easy to practice, because they are easily done outside of man on our part and with the approval of others; but the virtues that exist only in suffering bring great hardships with them, such as B. Endure shame and ridicule, be patient and give up on yourself. "

- From: Jean de Bernieres-Louvigny - The Inner Christ

Works (selection)

Le Chrestien interiors, Ou La Conformité Interieure Que doivent avoir les Chréstiens avec Jesus-Christ. Divisé en huit Livres, qui contiennent des sentiments tout divins. Par un Solitaire. Rouen 1660.
Les Oeuvres spirituelles de monsieur de Bernieres Louvigni, ou Conduite asseurée pour ceux qui tendent à la perfection . (two volumes), by Claude Cramoisy, Paris 1670/71.

Some German translations of his writings:

The hidden life with Christ in God , Reutlingen, 1835.
The inner Christian , Verlag GJ Manz, Regensburg, 1837.
The hidden life with Christ in God. Collected from the writings of Johann von Bernieres-Louvigni. New, verb. Orig. Edition, Wohlgemuth, Berlin 1841 digitized

literature

Johannes B. Zwerger, Apis ascetica , Joh. V. Berniéres-Louvigny Aphorisms 1–65, self-published by Franz Frhrn. v. Oer, Graz 1894.

Individual evidence

↑ Johannes von Bernieres Louvigni, The Inner Christ. Or: Thorough and complete instructions on how to achieve the inner uniformity that Christians should have with Christ , introduction by Michael Sintzel, Verlag GJ Manz, Regensburg 1837
↑ Bernières-Louvigny, Jean de. In: Jesús Martínez de Bujanda , Marcella Richter: Index des livres interdits: Index librorum prohibitorum 1600–1966. Médiaspaul, Montréal 2002, ISBN 2-89420-522-8 , p. 126 (French, digitized ).
↑ Max Goebel: History of Christian life in the Rhine-Westphalian Evangelical Church . tape 3 . Carl Bädeker, Coblenz 1860, p. 324 ( digitized version at the Bavarian State Library ).

personal data
SURNAME	Bernieres-Louvigny, Jean de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bernieres-Louvigny, Johannes de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French mystic
DATE OF BIRTH	1602
PLACE OF BIRTH	Caen
DATE OF DEATH	May 3, 1659
Place of death	Caen

[1] Johannes von Bernieres Louvigni, The Inner Christ. Or: Thorough and complete instructions on how to achieve the inner uniformity that Christians should have with Christ , introduction by Michael Sintzel, Verlag GJ Manz, Regensburg 1837

[2] Bernières-Louvigny, Jean de. In: Jesús Martínez de Bujanda , Marcella Richter: Index des livres interdits: Index librorum prohibitorum 1600–1966. Médiaspaul, Montréal 2002, ISBN 2-89420-522-8 , p. 126 (French, digitized ).

[3] Max Goebel: History of Christian life in the Rhine-Westphalian Evangelical Church . tape 3 . Carl Bädeker, Coblenz 1860, p. 324 ( digitized version at the Bavarian State Library ).