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The Life of Teresa of Jesus: The Autobiography of Teresa of Avila
Written 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 o
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464 pages
Published
October 15th 1991
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Teresa is a very special woman. The story of her life as she wrote it is one of the great reads. To read this book is to make a friend for life. I like the one incident where she is tossed out of a coach into a muddy stream during a heavy rain and complained to God as she sat in the mud and water soaking wet. And God answered her and said this is how he treated his friends. Teresa was not one to be overwhelmed even by God and responded. "Well it is no wonder you have so few." A great book to rea
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WOW. Yes. Some points I was asking what the heck she was talking about. Desperately needed context. Had to remind myself she is speaking to an audience in 1567. But her ability to let go of male idiocity, common materialism...all vanity for the Beauty of The Godhead. I would love that blessing but would greatly fear the suffering that goes with it. I see why she was made a doctor of the church. (Though I hear two reports on her being the first as she was made thus at the same time as Catherine o
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Edgar Allison Peers
, who also secretly published three books as
Bruce Truscot
, was Professor in Hispanic Studies at the University of Liverpool, and founded both the Modern Humanities Research Association in 1918, and the Bulletin of Hispanic Studies in 1934. His most important research was conducted in the fields of 19th century Romanticism and 16th century Spanish mysticism; he was considered on
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