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Teresa of Ávila [b] OCD (born Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda Dávila y Ahumada; [c] 28 March 1515 – 4 or 15 October 1582), [a] also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Carmelite nun and prominent Spanish mystic and religious reformer.
Dowsing recording that at Little St Mary's "we brake downe 60 superstitious pictures, some popes, and crucifixes, and God the Father sitting in a chayer, and holding a globe in his hand". [17] Crashaw's poetry took on decidedly Catholic imagery, especially in his poems about Spanish mystic St Teresa of Avila. Teresa's writings were unknown in ...
Lyric Poems (1939) Characters of the Inquisition New York, P.J. Kennedy & Sons [c1940] "Gold" (short story) Babies, not Bullets! (booklet, 1940) Thirty Pieces of Silver (a play in verse) Saint Teresa of Ávila (1943) La actual situación de España (booklet, 1944) El casa crucial de España (booklet, 1946)
Her book mentions her illness, her recovery as she saw the image of Christ and her understanding that Christ still dwells in the souls of those who love him. She is celebrated in the Anglican Church. Ecstasy of Saint Teresa. On St. Peter's Day in 1559, Teresa of Avila (Teresa de Jesús) reported a vision of Jesus present to her in bodily form ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Theresa: The Body of Christ (Spanish: Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo) is a 2007 biopic written and directed by Ray Loriga and starring Paz Vega as the title character, Saint Teresa of Ávila. It is a Spanish–British–French co-production.