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Interior Castle
Interior Castle
Interior Castle
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Here is the definitive edition of St. Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle: translated by E. Allison Peers. This mystic book is as inspirational and enlightening today as it was when it was first written. St. Teresa lays out the foundation for an ideal journey of faith. St. Teresa was a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is considered to be, along with Saint John of the Cross, a founder of the Discalced Carmelites. She became the first female to be named a Doctor of the Church, in 1970, and is one of only three females to be awarded that honor.
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Release dateMar 11, 2013
ISBN9781625586216
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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    Very deep and spiritually moving. This book shows us how to bet closer to God in prayer. It also exposes traps set by the devil.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    Christian Classic! This is the measuring stick I read every few years. It's not to be read as a measure for achievement for bragging or boasting but a cultured humility garnered through failing and surrendering into the arms of grace.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    For the first time in well over 70 years, this work is now available. This particular work is the translation by The sisters of Stanbrook Abbey. This effort is also a critical examine against that of Allison Peers, infamous version.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    This discourse on mysticism written for the aid of her fellow Discalced Carmelite nuns, written from the heart is surprisingly readable given the distance in time between Teresa and the modern reader. There is a genuineness that shines out from each page. This is closer to a memoir than it is to a treatise. It is hard not to be constantly aware of the strength of her vision that must have been so vivid to her contemporaries, in a way that allowed her to move beyond the structured expectations for a woman, for a nun in 16th Century Spain. Kieran Kavanaugh's translation is highly readable. And his introduction is informative, a great help in providing context for her writing and her life.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I could tell this was an informative, experiential, and intimate look at the spiritual inner life; however I think I am still stuck outside the proverbial castle gate.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    I've never made it though the entire book but I love St. Theresa's ideas which have helped my faith grow considerably.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    This translation of a classic in Western Christian mysticism is one of the best.

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