573 introduction As we begin reading this work by Fr. Papczyński, let us keep his admonition in mind: “Therefore treat yourself like a Temple of God, because of that within you which is similar to God. The supreme honor we can show to God is to worship and imitate Him. You imitate Him, if you are devout; you worship Him, if you are merciful. Do everything like the Son of God, that you may be worthy of Him who deigned to call you son.”7 Wacław Makoś, MIC * * * The quotations from the Bible found in this work were taken by the author from the Latin Vulgate. In this English edition, we used an official English translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate (The New American Bible [NAB]) where other modern translations of the Bible differ considerably from the Latin Vulgate, and using them here would insufficiently correspond to the original Latin text, thus obscuring the context of the quotations used in TDM. Certain quotations are directly translated from the Vulgate [LV] as indicated, when the NAB does not sufficiently render the meaning intended by the author. The page numbering shown within the text in brackets comes from the first edition released in 1675. 7 Ibid., p. 134.
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