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St. teresa of avila
- 1. St. Teresa of Avila
- 2. Saint Teresa… She was also known as Saint Teresa of Jesus. Saint Teresa was born on March 28th 1515 in Avila Spain, and died, aged 67 on October the 4th 1582. She was a Roman Catholic Saint and had many notable religious feats throughout her lifetime.
- 3. In 1622 she was named a saint, forty years after her death. Also in 1970 Saint Teresa was named Doctor of the Church as she was regarded with great importance and because of her contribution to theology. She was one of the first women to of gained the title.
- 4. Her Family and Early Life… Her Grandfather was originally Jewish though converted to Christianity, however he was condemned for supposedly returning to the Jewish faith. Both her mother and her father were Christian. Teresa is said to of experienced religious ecstasy, this is probably a factor towards the inspirations of her theoretical work of expressing life through mental prayer.
- 5. Throughout her life she embodied mystical works such as „Third Spiritual Alphabet‟ which focussed on examinations of principles and for spiritual self concentration and inner contemplation. Various friends suggested her views were diabolical not revolutionary. So she began to inflict mortification of the flesh.
- 6. The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa by Bernini
- 7. Particular Inspirational Visions… During one of her visions Teresa became convinces Jesus presented herself to him in bodily form, though invisible. Another vision a seraph drove the point of a golden lance repeatedly through her heart causing spiritual bodily pain. This initiated a motto which was related with her “Lord, either let me suffer or let me die.”
- 8. Reforming the Carmelites… Around 1560 she resolved to find a reformed Carmelite convent, as throughout the 14th and 15th centuries the movement had severely relaxed. Her reform required utter withdrawal so that the nuns could meditate on divine law and, through a prayerful life of penance. In 1562, Pope Pius IV‟s authorised St. Teresa to open the first convent of the Carmelite Reform.
- 10. In 1575 while she was at the Sevilla a dispute erupted between the reformed friars of the Carmelites, and the Calced Carmelites. St Teresa‟s attempts to prevent the dispute were unsuccessful. This caused her t be ordered to retire to a convent and to stop founding more convents.
- 11. Her Death… St. Teresa died on October 4th 1582, after a lifetime of ill-health. A fellow sister describes the hours just before the death of St Teresa.
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- Saint Teresa was a Spanish mystic and writer of many religious works such as the Counter Reformation; she was also a Carmelite nun and theologian.
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- At an early age Teresa became fascinated with stories of Saints and religion itself. With the religious input from her parents and her fascination is likely to be the fuel for her dedication towards theology and the Catholic faith.Religious Ecstasy is an expanded mental and spiritual awareness which cause intense visions. Perception of time and space may strongly change or disappear during the experience.
- Through reading works such as ‘Third Spiritual Alphabet’ and her visions Teresa said she became increasingly aware of “her own natural impotence in confronting sin” furthering her dedication. Mortification of the flesh is when a person attempts to repent their sins through “Putting the flesh to death”.An example is imitating Jesus’s suffering during his crucifixion.This vision lasted more than two years.(Second Episode) This episode was said to of caused inspiration for the rest of her life and motivated her life-long imitation of the life and suffering of Jesus.
- She was the originator of the Carmelite reform, which aimed to restore traditional Carmelite life and beliefs. (Last …) John Baptist Rossi, a very important bloke of the time, went to Ávila in 1567 and approved the reform, directing Teresa to found more convents and to establish monasteries.
- Pictures of St. Teresa’s first reformed Carmelite convent.She continued to reform 16 more convents throughout Spain, changing the Carmelite way of life, all through her life.
- Through the influences of the King of Spain, who admired Teresa, solved the dispute through giving the reformed Carmelites an independent jurisdiction. This caused Teresa to begin her work again.
- “She remained in this position in prayer full of deep peace and great repose. Occasionally she gave some outward sign of surprise or amazement. But everything proceeded in great repose. It seemed as if she were hearing a voice which she answered. Her facial expression was so wondrously changed that it looked like a celestial body to us. Thus immersed in prayer, happy and smiling, she went out of this world into eternal life.”