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Teresa of Avila
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Text of Interior Castle adapted from the translation of the Benedictines of Stanbrook, England, edited by the Very Rev. Fr.
Benedict Zimmerman, O.C.D., Third Edition with Additional Notes.
First published in 1921, Thomas Baker, London.
Copyright © 2018 by Our Sunday Visitor, Inc. Published 2018.
Preface and Archbishop John Francis Noll biography by Michael R. Heinlen, copyright © 2018 by Our Sunday Visitor.
Introduction by Teresa Tomeo, copyright © 2018 by Teresa Tomeo.
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Interior art: Illustration of Saint Teresa of Avila by
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A contemporary selection of Catholic classics, curated for the modern reader by Our Sunday Visitor in the spirit of our founder, Archbishop John Francis Noll.
Contents
Preface by Michael R. Heinlein
Introduction by Teresa Tomeo
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Preface
Saint Teresa of Avila
By Michael R. Heinlein
Saint Teresa of Avila’s greatness is manifested in a host of ways. But it is perhaps her recognition as a Doctor of the Church that encapsulates them all. Designated with the honor in 1970 by Pope Paul VI, Teresa became the first woman held up to the Church as an exemplary theologian and a master teacher of the Faith.
She has been