The Collected Letters of St Teresa of Avila, Volume 1

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Our Price:  £15.50(VAT Free) –+ Add to Basket Author: Kieran Kavanaugh OCD, trans. Product Code:  B0287 ISBN:  9780935216271 Publisher:  ICS Format  Paperback Pages  701 Availability      In stock, immediate despatch Share Tweet

St. Teresa of Avila wrote candidly the story of both her life and her work as foundress in two books: the Life and the Foundations. Despite her openness in them, she wrote with the knowledge they would be read by her censors. Her letters, then, exhibit even more striking candour, offering many details that were not meant for the public. In these letters we walk with Teresa year by year, day by day -- even hour by hour sometimes. Her worries, her troubles and triumphs, her expressions of sadness and joy pervade these pages. Without question we have before us a rich collection, showing a heart magnanimously open to others, communicating with them on many levels, pouring itself out to family members and religious, to friends, theologians, advisors, and to the nobility and business people. Contains Letters from 1546 to 1577. Includes Introductions, Endnotes, Biographical Sketches and Index.