An edition of The life and letters of St. Teresa
(1887)
The life and letters of St. Teresa
Volume 2
by Henry James Coleridge
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Table of Contents
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
EIGHTEEN MONTHS AT AVILA.
St. Teresa at the Incarnation Convent 1
Reforms introduced 2
Her great gentleness 3
St. John of the Cross as confessor 4
His life at the convent 4
Anecdotes 5
St. Teresa's spiritual state 6
Described in the Castle of the Soul 7
Ecstasy of the two Saints 11
Letter to Dofia Maria de Mendoza 12
The "Cartel" from Pastrana 17
Jerome Gratian and his parents 18
Thoughts of entering the Society 20
The Carmelites at Alcala 20
Visit to Pastrana 21
He enters the Reform 21
Answer to the challenge 22
Teresa's Letter to Philip II. 24
Letter to Father Ordonez 25
Teresa sent to Salamanca 28
Letters to Juana de Ahumada 28
Note to Chapter I. 31
CHAPTER II.
A VISIT TO SALAMANCA.
Leaving Avila 33
The journey 34
The house at Salamanca 34
The eve of St. Michael 35
Prayer of Teresa 36
Trouble after the opening 37
History of the Foundations 38
The convent at Valladolid 39
Casilda de Padilla 39
Story of her vocation 40
Death of Ruy Gomez 45
The Princess of Eboli 45
At Pastrana 46
Distress of the nuns 47
Invitation to Segovia 47
Letter to Father Banez 49
His assistance to Casilda 50
Teresa at Alba de Tormez 52
Note to Chapter II. 54
CHAPTER III.
SEGOVIA.
Teresa at Segovia 55
Troubles after taking possession 56
She is helped by a Canon 58
Translation of the nuns from Pastrana 59
They arrive at Segovia 60
Death of Isabella of the Angels 61
Trance of St. Teresa 62
Vision of St. Albert 64
And St. Dominic 64
Beatrix of the Incarnation 66
Letter to Mary Baptist 69
Proposed foundation at Veas 71
Letter to Father Banez 72
And to Don Teutonio de Braganza 73
Letter to Antonio Gaytan 76
Note to Chapter III. 77
CHAPTER IV.
THE REFORM IN ANDALUSIA.
The Apostolical Visitors 79
Reform spreading in Andalusia 80
Two friars detained by the Visitor 81
Monastery of St. Juan del Porto 82
Balthasar of Jesus 82
Hermits of the Sierra Morena 83
Jerome Gratian in Andalusia 85
Made Vicar by the Visitor 87
Monastery of the Reform at Seville 88
Anger of the Mitigated Friars 88
They write to Rome 89
Imprudence of the Discalced 89
Gregory XIII. revokes the powers of the Visitors 90
The Nuncio in Spain 91
St. Teresa's Constitutions 92
Prioress of St. Joseph's 93
Mistake about Veas 93
Fra Hernandez 94
Foundresses at Veas 95
CHAPTER V.
TERESA AT VEAS.
Teresa at Valladolid 100
Letter to Father Baiiez 101
Her account of Father Hernandez 102
Letter to Don Teutonio 103
Projected foundation at Madrid 104
Letter to Father Luis de Granada 105
Anecdotes 106
Help of St. Joseph 107
Arrival at Veas 107
Her Life sent to the Inquisition 108
Veas found to be in Andalusia 109
Jerome Gratian at Veas 110
Meeting with St. Teresa 111
Gratian orders her to found at Seville 112
Letter to the Bishop of Avila 113
Her Superiors not informed 114
Her desire to go to Madrid 115
Answer to her prayer 116
Gratian's command 116
Note to Chapter V. 117
CHAPTER VI.
BEGINNINGS AT SEVILLE.
The journey to Seville 118
Her statements as to Father Gratian 122
Ludolph's Life of ChriSt. 124
Mistake as to the house at Seville 125
Difficulty with the Archbishop 126
He grants permission 127
Misery of the convent 127
The Princess of Eboli and the Life 128
Approbation of the Holy Office 130
Teresa's letter to the General 131
Commentary on it 137
Proposed foundation at Caravaca 139
Teresa's account 140
Nuns sent from Malagon 142
Letter to Antonio Gaytan 143
Letter to the King 144
Gratian appointed Visitor by the Nuncio 146
Arrival of Lorenzo de Cepeda 147
Letter to Juana de Ahumada 147
"Teresita" 149
Gratian begins his visits 150
Visit from Observantine Friars 151
News of the Chapter at Piacenza 152
Difficulties of Gratian 152
Council of the Discalced 153
Gratian's measures 154
Alarm of Teresa 155
Letters of this time 156
The convent at Toledo 157
Warnings to Gratian 158
Note to Chapter VI. 160
CHAPTER VII.
THE DECREE OF RECLUSION.
The Chapter at Piacenza 161
The Discalced Friars blamed 162
Mission of Father Tostado 162
Intended extinction of the Reform 163
The General Rossi 165
Decree about St. Teresa 166
Communicated to her 167
Intervention of Gratian 167
Her letter to the General 168
Remarks upon it 175
Teresa and the General 176
The Council of Trent 177
Troubles in the convent 178
Visit of the Inquisitors 179
Account of herself to Father Rodrigo Alvarez 180
His approbation of her spirit 185
The new house at Seville 186
Gratitude to Garcia Alvarez 187
Entrance into the new house 189
Great function 189
The Archbishop and St. Teresa 189
Letter to Ambrose Mariano 190
Her sanguine hopes 193
Letters to Mary BaptiSt. 194
State of the Convent of the Incarnation 196
Indecision as to her residence 198
Letter to Rodrigo de Moya 201
The convent at Caravaca 202
Note to Chapter VII. 204
CHAPTER VIII.
RETIREMENT AT TOLEDO.
Great number of St. Teresa's letters 205
Their importance 206
Relation to the history 207
Mode of dealing with the letters 208
Leaving Seville 210
At Toledo 210
Difficulties at Malagon 210
Letters about entertaining friars at the convents 211
The Prioress at Seville 212
Her reserve with St. Teresa 212
Letters to her 213
Anne of St. Bartholomew 215
Chapter at Moraleja 216
Protest of the Discalced Friars 216
Chapter at Almodovar 218
Differences among the friars 218
The mission to Rome neglected 220
The royal authority 220
The Mitigated Friars in Andalusia 221
Success of Gratian 221
Ambrose Mariano at Toledo 222
Convent of Paterna 224
Difficulties of the Nuncio 224
Death of Ormaneto 225
Great danger of the Reform 226
Note to Chapter VIII. 227
CHAPTER IX.
FAMILY LETTERS FROM TOLEDO (1576 — 1577).
Letter to Lorenzo de Cepeda 229
To Luis de Cepeda 230
To Diego de Guzman 231
To Lorenzo de Cepeda 232
His verses 237
To the same 240
To the same 243
Note to Chapter IX. 247
CHAPTER X.
LETTERS TO CONVENTS OF THE REFORM.
The first novice at Seville 248
Letter to Mary of St. Joseph 251
Difficulties at Caravaca 252
Letters to Mary of St. Joseph 253
The Fathers of the Society at Seville 254
Nicolas Doria 255
Indiscreet mortifications 256
Nuns not to be Latinists 257
The Prioress at Malagon 258
Dr. Velasquez 259
Reform at Paterna 260
Letters to Mary of St. Joseph 261
Value of her health 262
Letter for the New Year 263
A letter of banter 264
Teresita and Isabella Gratian 265
Postulants at Seville 266
Message to the nuns at Paterna 267
Letter of spiritual direction 269
Gratian at Madrid 271
Letter to Mary BaptiSt. 272
Casilda de Padilla to be professed 273
Disputes about money 274
Note to Chapter X. 276
CHAPTER XI.
LETTERS TO THE FRIARS OF THE REFORM.
Teresa and Father Gratian 278
Dr. Velasquez 279
Letter to Gratian at Almodovar 279
Dofia Juana Dantisco 281
Antonio de Jesus on the Chapter 282
Fear about the Nuncio 283
How to use the friars of the Mitigation 284
Letters to Gratian and Mariano 285
Letter to Mariano 286
Mariano and the house at Madrid 287
Good news from Veas 288
The Book of the Foundations 28
Letter to Mariano 290
Letters to Gratian 291
The maripose 292
Warning to Gratian 293
Father Juan de Jesus as Visitor 295
Gratian summoned to Madrid 296
Letter to Gratian 297
Desire for new foundations 298
Letter to Mariano 298
Question as to bare feet 299
Opinion of St. Teresa 300
Friars to be well fed 300
Manual work 300
The Monastery of Mount Calvary 301
Great austerities 302
Letter to Gratian 304
Letter to Mariano 304
The Carta del Vejamen 305
Teresa's sportiveness 306
Francis of Salcedo 307
Julian of Avila 307
St. John of the Cross 308
Lorenzo de Cepeda 308
Note to Chapter XI. 310
CHAPTER XII.
AFTER THE DEATH OF THE NUNCIO.
Philip Sega 312
Effect of Ormaneto's death 313
Accusations against Gratian 314
Teresa's letter to the King 314
The charges recanted 316
Death of Mgr. Covarrubias 317
Quiroga and Tostado 318
Teresa at Avila 318
The election at the Incarnation 319
Excommunication of the majority 320
Jealousies of religious 321
Efforts of St. Teresa for peace 322
Absolution by Fra Maldonado 322
Seizure of St. John and his companion 323
St. Teresa writes to the King 323
Tostado defeated at Court 326
Letter to Don Teutonio de Braganza 327
The Interior Castle 330
Plan of the work 331
The Mansions 332
Completion of the work 335
Accident to Teresa 336
Painful resetting 337
Father Gaspar de Salazar 337
His desire to enter Carmel 338
Letter of the Provincial 338
Answer of Teresa 339
Reason of her indignation 342
Attractiveness of Carmel 343
Father Gaspar remains 344
Note fo Chapter XII. 346
CHAPTER XIII.
MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS.
Fewer letters at this time 347
Less to write about 348
Letter to Mary of St. Joseph 349
To Anne of St. Albert 349
To Mary of St. Joseph 351
Letters to the Chaplain at Malagon 352
Complaints against the Superior 353
Another letter to the Chaplain 354
Severe remarks 355
Letters to the Bishop of Avila 355
Letter to Mary of St. Joseph 357
To Alonzo de Aranda 358
And the Duchess of Alba 358
The Interior Castle 359
Letters to Mary of St. Joseph 360
Note to Chapter XIII. 361
CHAPTER XIV.
MONSIGNOR SEGA AND THE REFORM.
The new Nuncio 363
Statement by Teresa 364
Gratian inactive 365
Prostration of the friars 365
The Nuncio's Brief against Gratian 366
His opinion of Teresa 367
A gleam of light 368
Decree of the Royal Council 369
Perplexity of Gratian 370
Teresa's line with him 371
Andalusian Carmelites at Pastrana 373
Submission of Gratian 373
Displeasure of the King 373
Discalced Friars at Madrid 374
Letter to Gratian 375
To Roque de Huerta 375
To Francis de Cepeda 376
To Dona Maria de Mendoza 377
To Mary of St. Joseph 378
To Gratian 380
To the same 381
To the same, about Malagon 382
Two letters to the same 384
Letter to Mary of St. Joseph 385
How to deal with infirm minds 386
Father Domingo Bafiez 386
Brief of the Nuncio 387
Language against Gratian 388
Memorial by St. Teresa 388
Instructions for deputies to Rome 389
Letter to Juana de Ahumada 391
Letters to Gratian 391
Letter to Father Paolo Hernandez 393
Conclusion 397
Note to Chapter XIV. 399
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