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The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus ... Written by herself. Translated from the Spanish by D. Lewis, 1870. London: Burns, Oates, & Co; The Autobiography, written before 1567, under the direction of her confessor, Fr. Pedro Ibáñez, 1882; The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila by herself. J. M. Cohen, 1957. Penguin Classics; Life of St. Teresa of Jesus ...
Teresa de Ahumada (née Teresa de Cepeda y Fuentes; nickname, Teresita; also known as Teresa la Quiteña; Quito, Real Audiencia of Quito, Spanish Empire, 25 October 1566 - Ávila, 9 September 1610) was a Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun born in that part of Quito that is in present-day Ecuador.
Among the Carmelites, there was no regulation for mental prayer until Teresa of Avila (1515–1582) introduced it, practicing it for two hours daily. According to Jordan Aumann, Teresa of Ávila distinguishes nine grades of prayer: (1) vocal prayer, (2) mental prayer or prayer of meditation, (3) affective prayer, (4) prayer of simplicity, or acquired contemplation or recollection, (5) infused ...
Ana de Jesús, known in English as Anne of Jesus (25 November 1545 – 4 March 1621), was a Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun and writer. She was the founder of the Carmelite reform and a close companion of Teresa of Ávila, and served to establish new monasteries of the Order throughout Europe.
Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart (1747–1770), an Italian Discalced Carmelite; Theresa of Saint Augustine (1752–1794), Discalced Carmelite and martyr; Thérèse Couderc (1805–1885), co-founder of the Sisters of the Cenacle; Maria Teresa of St. Joseph (1855–1938), founder of the Carmelite Daughters of the Divine Heart of Jesus
His book The Third Spiritual Alphabet influenced Saint Teresa of Jesus. [2] It is considered a masterpiece of Franciscan mysticism and a foundational text of the recogimiento movement. His premise in the book is that friendship and communion with God are possible in this life through cleansing one's conscience, entering one's heart, resting in ...
Sister Teresa: The Woman Who Became Saint Teresa of Avila is a historical novel by Bárbara Mujica, published in 2007 by Overlook.The novel is narrated by a fictional nun, Angélica del Sagrado Corazón, who recalls the life of her friend, Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, who was canonized as Saint Teresa of Ávila in 1622.
The Spiritual Canticle (Spanish: Cántico Espiritual) is one of the poetic works of the Spanish mystical poet Saint John of the Cross.. Saint John of the Cross, a Carmelite friar and priest during the Counter-Reformation, was arrested and jailed by the Calced Carmelites in 1577 at the Carmelite Monastery of Toledo because of his close association with Saint Teresa of Ávila in the Discalced ...