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Complete Work Teresa Avila V12 (e).
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; CONTENTS OF VOLUME II; BOOK CALLED WAY OF PERFECTION; INTRODUCTION; TRANSLATOR'S NOTE; GENERAL ARGUMENT; PROTESTATION; PROLOGUE; CHAPTER I.â#x80;#x94;Of the reason which moved me to found this covent in such strict observance; CHAPTER II.â#x80;#x94;Treats of how the necessities of the body should be disregarded and of the good that comes from poverty; CHAPTER III.â#x80;#x94;Continues the subject begun in the first chapter and persuades the sisters to busy themselves constantly in beseeching God to help those who work for the Church. Ends with an exclamatory prayer.
- CHAPTER IV.â#x80;#x94;Exhorts the nuns to keep their Rule and names three things which are important for the spiritual life. Describes the first of these three things, which is love of one's neighbour, and speaks of the harm which can be done by individual friend ... APPENDIX TO CHAPTER IV; CHAPTER V.â#x80;#x94;Continues speaking of confessors. Explains why it is important that they should be learned men; CHAPTER VI.â#x80;#x94;Returns to the subject of perfect love, already begun; CHAPTER VII.â#x80;#x94;Treats of the same subject of spiritual love and gives certain counsels for gaining it.
- CHAPTER VIII.â#x80;#x94;Treats of the great benefit of self-detachment, both interior and exteriòr, from all things createdCHAPTER IX.â#x80;#x94;Treats of the great blessing that shunning their relatives brings to those who have left the world and shows how by doing so they will find truer friends; CHAPTER X.â#x80;#x94;Teaches that detachment from the things aforementioned is insufficient if we are not detached from our own selves and that this virtue and humility go together.; CHAPTER XI.â#x80;#x94;Continues to treat of mortification and describes how it may be attained in times of sickness.
- CHAPTER XII.â#x80;#x94;Teaches that the true lover of God must care little for life and honourCHAPTER XIII.â#x80;#x94;Continues to treat of mortification and explains bow one must renounce the world's standards of wisdom, in order to attain to true wisdom.; CHAPTER XIV.â#x80;#x94;Treats of the great importance of not professing anyone whose spirit is contrary to the things aforementioned; CHAPTER XV.â#x80;#x94;Treats of the great advantage which comes from our not excusing ourselves, even though we find we are unjustly condemned.
- CHAPTER XVI.â#x80;#x94;Describes the difference between perfection in the lives of contemplatives and in the lives of those who are content with mental prayer. Explains how it is sometimes possible for God to raise a distracted soul to perfect contemplation and ... CHAPTER XVII.â#x80;#x94;How not all souls are fitted for contemplation and how some take long to attain it. True humility will walk happily along the road by which the Lord leads it.
- CHAPTER XVIII.â#x80;#x94;Continues the same subject and shows how much greater are the trials of contemplatives than those of actives. This chapter offers great consolation to actives.