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22 lis 2024 · St. Teresa of Ávila was the first of only four women to have been named doctor of the church. Her ascetic doctrine and Carmelite reforms shaped Roman Catholic contemplative life, and her writings on the Christian soul’s journey to God are considered masterpieces.
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Therese of Lisieux OCD (French: Thérèse de Lisieux [teʁɛz də lizjø]; born Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin; 2 January 1873 – 30 September 1897), in religion Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face (Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus et de la Sainte Face), was a French Discalced Carmelite who is widely venerated in modern times.
Teresa of Ávila, [a] OCD (Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda Dávila y Ahumada; 28 March 1515 – 4 or 15 October 1582), [b] also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Carmelite nun and prominent Spanish mystic and religious reformer.
7 paź 2024 · St. Teresa of Ávila, also known as St. Teresa of Jesus, was born on March 28, 1515, in Ávila, Spain, to a devout Catholic family. From a young age, she displayed a deep spirituality and fascination with the eternal.
While in her time the (rare) elite souls offered themselves as victims to the Justice of God, the "weak and imperfect" Thérèse offered herself to her Merciful Love, on June 9, 1895 during the Mass of the Trinity.
24 sie 2017 · Encouraged by friends among the clergy that believed in the value of her visions, St. Teresa hesitantly began, in 1577, to write a vivid book about the relationship between the God and the human soul.
Teresa of Ávila occupies a commanding place in the history of sixteenth-century Spanish literature and spirituality. More than that, she is a central figure in the Western mystical tradition, and in 1970 became the first woman to be proclaimed a doctor of the Roman Catholic Church.
