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St Teresa of Avila: Her Life in Letters
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Books > Spirituality > Classics
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| Author/Artist: |
TERESA OF AVILA, KIERAN KAVANAUGH (ED) |
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9780870613135 |
| Publisher: |
Christian Classics |
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PAPERBACK |
| Price: |
AU$49.95 |
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| Description: |
This selection of letters of St Teresa of Avila offers a unique “behind the scenes” look at this extraordinary Doctor of the Church with details of her life not originally meant for the public. Her personal correspondence tells the story of her life in vivid detail, including her struggles to reform the Carmelite order; Spanish mysticism in its formation; and the extraordinary range of relationships she maintained with priests, theologians, royalty, fellow religious, advisors, and friends. The letters begin when St. Teresa was forty-six—six years after she entered the Carmelite Monastery of the Incarnation in Avila, Spain—and continue until her death twenty-one years later. She exhibits worries, troubles, sadness, joy, triumphs, and questions throughout. Recipients of these letters, and the people discussed in them, include some of the famous and fascinating figures of late sixteenth-century Catholic Europe: St. John of the Cross; María Enríquez de Toledo y Guzmán, the Duchess of Alba; St. Peter Alcantara; St. John of Avila; Ana de Mendoza, the Princess of Eboli; and Jerónimo Gracián de la Madre de Dios. |
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