Name/TitleSanta Teresa: Her Life and Times, Vol. I
MakerCunninghame Graham, Gabriela
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectHardback book with dark blue covers titled 'Santa Teresa: Her Life and Times, together with some pages from the history of the last great reform in the religious orders, Vol. I' by Gabriela Cunninghame Nash.
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, board and paper
MeasurementsH: 230 x W: 154 x D: 33 mm
Date Made1894
Period16th century
Place MadeEngland, London
PublisherAdam & Charles Black
Publication Date1894
Publication PlaceEngland, London
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_of_Ávila:
Teresa of Ávila OCD (born Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda Dávila y Ahumada; 28 March 1515 – 4 or 15 October 1582), also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Carmelite nun and prominent Spanish mystic and religious reformer. Active during the Counter-Reformation, Teresa became the central figure of a movement of spiritual and monastic renewal, reforming the Carmelite Orders of both women and men. The movement was later joined by the younger Carmelite friar and mystic Saint John of the Cross, with whom she established the Discalced Carmelites. A formal papal decree adopting the split from the old order was issued in 1580. Her autobiography, The Life of Teresa of Jesus, and her books The Interior Castle and The Way of Perfection are prominent works on Christian mysticism and Christian meditation practice. In her autobiography, written as a defense of her ecstatic mystical experiences, she discerns four stages in the ascent of the soul to God: mental prayer and meditation; the prayer of quiet; absorption-in-God; ecstatic consciousness. The Interior Castle, written as a spiritual guide for her Carmelite sisters, uses the illustration of seven mansions within the castle of the soul to describe the different states one's soul can be in during life. Forty years after her death, in 1622, Teresa was canonized by Pope Gregory XV. On 27 September 1970 Pope Paul VI proclaimed Teresa the first female Doctor of the Church in recognition of her centuries-long spiritual legacy to Catholicism [continues].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriela_Cunninghame_Graham:
Gabriela Cunninghame Graham (also known as Gabriela Marie de la Balmondière, née Caroline Horsfall; 22 January 1858 – 8 September 1906) was an English writer, translator, lecturer, and socialist, who was known for most of her life as Chilean-born and of French-Spanish origin, which was later discovered to be a fabrication [continues].
Subject and Association Keywordsreligion & spirituality
Subject and Association Keywords(auto) biography
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
Object numberGWL-2015-100-2
Spine LabelSANTA TERESA ~ VOL.I ~ GRAHAM ~ A. & C. BLACK
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved