That terrible secret, that hidden will of God which, translated into the language of theology, is known as predestination, that idea which dictated to Luther his servum arbitrium, and which gives to Calvinism its tragic sense, that doubt of our own salvation, is in its essence nothing but uncertainty, and this uncertainty, allied with despair, forms the basis of faith.
Sekretu ikaragarri hura, Jainkoaren borondate ezkutu hura, predestinazioan mamitua, Luther-i bere servum arbitrium-a diktarazi zion ideia eta kalvinismoari bere zentzu tragikoa ematen diona, norbere salbazioari buruzko duda, funtsean ez da segurgabetasuna besterik, desesperantzarekin bat eginik fedearen oinarria eratzen duena.