The Life of Teresa of Jesus: The Autobiography of Teresa of AvilaWritten in 1565 at the request of her confessor, St. Teresa's autobiography is at once an extraordinary chronicle of a life governed by the desire to draw closer to God and a literary masterpiece that brings to life a woman of candor, humor, and great spiritual strength. Teresa writes of her early life, the conflicts and crises she faced, and her decision to enter a life of prayer. Her lyrical, almost erotic descriptions of ecstatic experiences call to mind the senuous language of the Song of Songs. |
Contents
Translators Preface | xv |
Principal Abbreviations | xxxi |
THE LIFE OF THE HOLY MOTHER | lv |
CHAPTER I | lxxv |
CHAPTER II | 5 |
CHAPTER IV | 15 |
CHAPTER V | 23 |
CHAPTER VI | 31 |
the soul in this state on its return to life in the world and the light which the Lord | 162 |
CHAPTER XXII | 169 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 181 |
CHAPTER XXIV | 191 |
CHAPTER XXVI | 209 |
admirable manner makes His will plain to it without the use of words Describes | 214 |
CHAPTER XXVIII | 226 |
CHAPTER XXIX | 237 |
CHAPTER VII | 38 |
CHAPTER VIII | 52 |
CHAPTER IX | 60 |
Explains what part we ourselves can play here and how important it is that | 65 |
CHAPTER XI | 72 |
CHAPTER XII | 83 |
CHAPTER XIV | 100 |
CHAPTER XV | 107 |
lofty matters describing what the soul that reaches this state is able to do | 117 |
CHAPTER XVII | 123 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 129 |
CHAPTER XIX | 137 |
CHAPTER XX | 147 |
CHAPTER XXX | 246 |
CHAPTER XXXI | 260 |
CHAPTER XXXII | 274 |
CHAPTER XXXIV | 296 |
CHAPTER XXXV | 308 |
CHAPTER XXXVI | 317 |
CHAPTER XXXVII | 334 |
CHAPTER XXXVIII | 342 |
CHAPTER XXXIX | 357 |
CHAPTER XL | 371 |
Letter written by the Saint to Father García de Toledo | 383 |
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Common terms and phrases
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