The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, Third Edition [Illustrated]
This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and linked Footnotes
CONTENTS
Introduction to the Third Edition, by Rev. B. Zimmerman
St. Teresa's Arguments of the Chapters
Preface by David Lewis
Annals of the Saint's Life
Prologue
I. Childhood and early Impressions — The Blessing of pious Parents — Desire of Martyrdom — Death of the Saint's Mother
II. Early Impressions — Dangerous Books and Companions — The Saint is placed in a Monastery
III. The Blessing of being with good people — How certain Illusions were removed
IV. Our Lord helps her to become a Nun — Her many Infirmities
V. Illness and Patience of the Saint — The Story of a Priest whom she rescued from a Life of Sin
VI. The great Debt she owed to our Lord for His Mercy to her — She takes St. Joseph for her Patron
VII. Lukewarmness — The Loss of Grace — Inconvenience of Laxity in Religious Houses
VIII. The Saint ceases not to pray — Prayer the way to recover what is lost — All exhorted to pray — The great Advantage of Prayer, even to those who may have ceased from it
IX. The means whereby our Lord quickened her Soul, gave her Light in her Darkness, and made her strong in Goodness
X. The Graces she received in Prayer — What we can do ourselves — The great Importance of understanding what our Lord is doing for us — She desires her Confessors to keep her Writings secret, because of the special Graces of our Lord to her, which they had commanded her to describe
XI. Why men do not attain quickly to the perfect Love of God — Of Four Degrees of Prayer — Of the First Degree — The Doctrine profitable for Beginners, and for those who have no sensible Sweetness
XII. What we can ourselves do — The Evil of desiring to attain to supernatural States before our Lord calls us
XIII. Of certain Temptations of Satan — Instructions relating thereto
XIV. The Second State of Prayer — Its supernatural Character
XV. Instructions for those who have attained to the Prayer of Quiet — Many advance so far, but few go farther
...
XXXVII. The Effects of the divine Graces in the Soul — The inestimable Greatness of one Degree of Glory
XXXVIII. Certain heavenly Secrets, Visions, and Revelations — The Effects of them in her Soul
XXXIX. Other Graces bestowed on the Saint — The Promises of our Lord to her — Divine Locutions and Visions
XL. Visions, Revelations, and Locutions
The Relations.
Relation.
I. Sent to St. Peter of Alcantara in 1560 from the Monastery of the Incarnation, Avila
II. To one of her Confessors, from the House of Doña Luisa de la Cerda, in 1562
III. Of various Graces granted to the Saint from the year 1568 to 1571, inclusive
IV. Of the Graces the Saint received in Salamanca at the end of Lent, 1571
V. Observations on certain Points of Spirituality
VI. The Vow of Obedience to Father Gratian which the Saint made in 1575
VII. Made for Rodrigo Alvarez, S.J., in the year 1575, according to Don Vicente de la Fuente; but in 1576, according to the Bollandists and F. Bouix
VIII. Addressed to F. Rodrigo Alvarez
IX. Of certain spiritual Graces she received in Toledo and Avila in the years 1576 and 1577
X. Of a Revelation to the Saint at Avila, 1579, and of Directions concerning the Government of the Order
XI. Written from Palencia in May, 1581, and addressed to Don Alonzo Velasquez, Bishop of Osma,...
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• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and linked Footnotes
CONTENTS
Introduction to the Third Edition, by Rev. B. Zimmerman
St. Teresa's Arguments of the Chapters
Preface by David Lewis
Annals of the Saint's Life
Prologue
I. Childhood and early Impressions — The Blessing of pious Parents — Desire of Martyrdom — Death of the Saint's Mother
II. Early Impressions — Dangerous Books and Companions — The Saint is placed in a Monastery
III. The Blessing of being with good people — How certain Illusions were removed
IV. Our Lord helps her to become a Nun — Her many Infirmities
V. Illness and Patience of the Saint — The Story of a Priest whom she rescued from a Life of Sin
VI. The great Debt she owed to our Lord for His Mercy to her — She takes St. Joseph for her Patron
VII. Lukewarmness — The Loss of Grace — Inconvenience of Laxity in Religious Houses
VIII. The Saint ceases not to pray — Prayer the way to recover what is lost — All exhorted to pray — The great Advantage of Prayer, even to those who may have ceased from it
IX. The means whereby our Lord quickened her Soul, gave her Light in her Darkness, and made her strong in Goodness
X. The Graces she received in Prayer — What we can do ourselves — The great Importance of understanding what our Lord is doing for us — She desires her Confessors to keep her Writings secret, because of the special Graces of our Lord to her, which they had commanded her to describe
XI. Why men do not attain quickly to the perfect Love of God — Of Four Degrees of Prayer — Of the First Degree — The Doctrine profitable for Beginners, and for those who have no sensible Sweetness
XII. What we can ourselves do — The Evil of desiring to attain to supernatural States before our Lord calls us
XIII. Of certain Temptations of Satan — Instructions relating thereto
XIV. The Second State of Prayer — Its supernatural Character
XV. Instructions for those who have attained to the Prayer of Quiet — Many advance so far, but few go farther
...
XXXVII. The Effects of the divine Graces in the Soul — The inestimable Greatness of one Degree of Glory
XXXVIII. Certain heavenly Secrets, Visions, and Revelations — The Effects of them in her Soul
XXXIX. Other Graces bestowed on the Saint — The Promises of our Lord to her — Divine Locutions and Visions
XL. Visions, Revelations, and Locutions
The Relations.
Relation.
I. Sent to St. Peter of Alcantara in 1560 from the Monastery of the Incarnation, Avila
II. To one of her Confessors, from the House of Doña Luisa de la Cerda, in 1562
III. Of various Graces granted to the Saint from the year 1568 to 1571, inclusive
IV. Of the Graces the Saint received in Salamanca at the end of Lent, 1571
V. Observations on certain Points of Spirituality
VI. The Vow of Obedience to Father Gratian which the Saint made in 1575
VII. Made for Rodrigo Alvarez, S.J., in the year 1575, according to Don Vicente de la Fuente; but in 1576, according to the Bollandists and F. Bouix
VIII. Addressed to F. Rodrigo Alvarez
IX. Of certain spiritual Graces she received in Toledo and Avila in the years 1576 and 1577
X. Of a Revelation to the Saint at Avila, 1579, and of Directions concerning the Government of the Order
XI. Written from Palencia in May, 1581, and addressed to Don Alonzo Velasquez, Bishop of Osma,...
The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, Third Edition [Illustrated]
This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and linked Footnotes
CONTENTS
Introduction to the Third Edition, by Rev. B. Zimmerman
St. Teresa's Arguments of the Chapters
Preface by David Lewis
Annals of the Saint's Life
Prologue
I. Childhood and early Impressions — The Blessing of pious Parents — Desire of Martyrdom — Death of the Saint's Mother
II. Early Impressions — Dangerous Books and Companions — The Saint is placed in a Monastery
III. The Blessing of being with good people — How certain Illusions were removed
IV. Our Lord helps her to become a Nun — Her many Infirmities
V. Illness and Patience of the Saint — The Story of a Priest whom she rescued from a Life of Sin
VI. The great Debt she owed to our Lord for His Mercy to her — She takes St. Joseph for her Patron
VII. Lukewarmness — The Loss of Grace — Inconvenience of Laxity in Religious Houses
VIII. The Saint ceases not to pray — Prayer the way to recover what is lost — All exhorted to pray — The great Advantage of Prayer, even to those who may have ceased from it
IX. The means whereby our Lord quickened her Soul, gave her Light in her Darkness, and made her strong in Goodness
X. The Graces she received in Prayer — What we can do ourselves — The great Importance of understanding what our Lord is doing for us — She desires her Confessors to keep her Writings secret, because of the special Graces of our Lord to her, which they had commanded her to describe
XI. Why men do not attain quickly to the perfect Love of God — Of Four Degrees of Prayer — Of the First Degree — The Doctrine profitable for Beginners, and for those who have no sensible Sweetness
XII. What we can ourselves do — The Evil of desiring to attain to supernatural States before our Lord calls us
XIII. Of certain Temptations of Satan — Instructions relating thereto
XIV. The Second State of Prayer — Its supernatural Character
XV. Instructions for those who have attained to the Prayer of Quiet — Many advance so far, but few go farther
...
XXXVII. The Effects of the divine Graces in the Soul — The inestimable Greatness of one Degree of Glory
XXXVIII. Certain heavenly Secrets, Visions, and Revelations — The Effects of them in her Soul
XXXIX. Other Graces bestowed on the Saint — The Promises of our Lord to her — Divine Locutions and Visions
XL. Visions, Revelations, and Locutions
The Relations.
Relation.
I. Sent to St. Peter of Alcantara in 1560 from the Monastery of the Incarnation, Avila
II. To one of her Confessors, from the House of Doña Luisa de la Cerda, in 1562
III. Of various Graces granted to the Saint from the year 1568 to 1571, inclusive
IV. Of the Graces the Saint received in Salamanca at the end of Lent, 1571
V. Observations on certain Points of Spirituality
VI. The Vow of Obedience to Father Gratian which the Saint made in 1575
VII. Made for Rodrigo Alvarez, S.J., in the year 1575, according to Don Vicente de la Fuente; but in 1576, according to the Bollandists and F. Bouix
VIII. Addressed to F. Rodrigo Alvarez
IX. Of certain spiritual Graces she received in Toledo and Avila in the years 1576 and 1577
X. Of a Revelation to the Saint at Avila, 1579, and of Directions concerning the Government of the Order
XI. Written from Palencia in May, 1581, and addressed to Don Alonzo Velasquez, Bishop of Osma,...
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and linked Footnotes
CONTENTS
Introduction to the Third Edition, by Rev. B. Zimmerman
St. Teresa's Arguments of the Chapters
Preface by David Lewis
Annals of the Saint's Life
Prologue
I. Childhood and early Impressions — The Blessing of pious Parents — Desire of Martyrdom — Death of the Saint's Mother
II. Early Impressions — Dangerous Books and Companions — The Saint is placed in a Monastery
III. The Blessing of being with good people — How certain Illusions were removed
IV. Our Lord helps her to become a Nun — Her many Infirmities
V. Illness and Patience of the Saint — The Story of a Priest whom she rescued from a Life of Sin
VI. The great Debt she owed to our Lord for His Mercy to her — She takes St. Joseph for her Patron
VII. Lukewarmness — The Loss of Grace — Inconvenience of Laxity in Religious Houses
VIII. The Saint ceases not to pray — Prayer the way to recover what is lost — All exhorted to pray — The great Advantage of Prayer, even to those who may have ceased from it
IX. The means whereby our Lord quickened her Soul, gave her Light in her Darkness, and made her strong in Goodness
X. The Graces she received in Prayer — What we can do ourselves — The great Importance of understanding what our Lord is doing for us — She desires her Confessors to keep her Writings secret, because of the special Graces of our Lord to her, which they had commanded her to describe
XI. Why men do not attain quickly to the perfect Love of God — Of Four Degrees of Prayer — Of the First Degree — The Doctrine profitable for Beginners, and for those who have no sensible Sweetness
XII. What we can ourselves do — The Evil of desiring to attain to supernatural States before our Lord calls us
XIII. Of certain Temptations of Satan — Instructions relating thereto
XIV. The Second State of Prayer — Its supernatural Character
XV. Instructions for those who have attained to the Prayer of Quiet — Many advance so far, but few go farther
...
XXXVII. The Effects of the divine Graces in the Soul — The inestimable Greatness of one Degree of Glory
XXXVIII. Certain heavenly Secrets, Visions, and Revelations — The Effects of them in her Soul
XXXIX. Other Graces bestowed on the Saint — The Promises of our Lord to her — Divine Locutions and Visions
XL. Visions, Revelations, and Locutions
The Relations.
Relation.
I. Sent to St. Peter of Alcantara in 1560 from the Monastery of the Incarnation, Avila
II. To one of her Confessors, from the House of Doña Luisa de la Cerda, in 1562
III. Of various Graces granted to the Saint from the year 1568 to 1571, inclusive
IV. Of the Graces the Saint received in Salamanca at the end of Lent, 1571
V. Observations on certain Points of Spirituality
VI. The Vow of Obedience to Father Gratian which the Saint made in 1575
VII. Made for Rodrigo Alvarez, S.J., in the year 1575, according to Don Vicente de la Fuente; but in 1576, according to the Bollandists and F. Bouix
VIII. Addressed to F. Rodrigo Alvarez
IX. Of certain spiritual Graces she received in Toledo and Avila in the years 1576 and 1577
X. Of a Revelation to the Saint at Avila, 1579, and of Directions concerning the Government of the Order
XI. Written from Palencia in May, 1581, and addressed to Don Alonzo Velasquez, Bishop of Osma,...
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| Publication date: | 12/07/2011 |
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