For the first time published in Russian translation of the main work of the outstanding religious thinker Gerhard Terstegen (1697-1769) "The Way of Truth" is a collection of texts selected by him, which embrace his entire creative life (from 1726 to 1768) and most voluminously represent his views. A compatriot and contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach, Terstegen, like him, became a kind of “finisher” of the spiritual era of the early Reformation, giving in himself a magnificent and highest example of what she was capable of.A clear presentation of the doctrine of inner spiritual life| non-confessionalism, which allows a person of any Christian denomination, standing at any stage of the church, to apply this teaching to himself | instruction on love for God and following Christ, a detailed disclosure of what is “asceticism of faith” - all this (like many other things) should not only be of interest to the modern reader, but may well become an effective guide for him on how to walk correctly the narrow and narrow path of Christian life.H. Terstegen's book continues a series of publications of translations of the classics of German spiritual literature by Hegumen Peter (Meshcherinov) - the spiritual works of J. S. Bach, the works of Johann Arndt and Valentin Weigel.