The Way of Perfection: The Maxims and Counsels Given to Her Sisters in Religion. - Softcover

St. Teresa Of Avila

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1494984709 ISBN 13: 9781494984700

Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

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This classic method for making progress in the contemplative life and Christian mysticism remains as fresh and inspiring today as it was 400 years ago. Written by a prominent sixteenth-century Spanish mystic and Carmelite nun for the sisters of her reformed convent of the Carmelite Order (Discalced)., it forms a practical guide to prayer that embraces readers with its warmth and accessibility. St. Teresa of Avila's detailed instructions and guidance on the achievement of spiritual perfection designate three essentials — fraternal love, detachment from material things, and true humility. She discusses a variety of maxims related to the practice of prayer and concludes with a thought-provoking commentary on the Lord's Prayer. A work of sublime mystical beauty, The Way of Perfection is above all a treatise of utter simplicity that offers lucid instruction to all seekers of a more meaningful way of life.

St. Teresa called this a "living book" and in it set out to teach her nuns how to progress through prayer and Christian meditation. The title was inspired by The Imitation of Christ (1418), and had become a favorite expression of Teresa much before she wrote this work as it appeared at several places in her autobiography, The Life of Teresa of Jesus. Like her other books, The Way of Perfection too was written on the advise of her counselors to describe her experiences in prayer, during the period when the Reformation was spreading through Europe. Herein she describes, ways of attaining spiritual perfection through prayer and its four stages, as in meditation, quiet, repose of soul and finally perfect union with God, which she equates with rapture.

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• Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1494984709
• ISBN 13: 9781494984700
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 254
• Herausgeber: Peers E. Allison