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CHAPTER I.
CRISIS OF THE REFORM.
The Reformed Friars imprisoned 1
Attempt to form a Province 2
Chapter at Almodovar 3
Escape of St John of the Cross 4
He joins the Chapter 5
His efforts in vain 6
Antonio of Jesus Provincial 7
Severe measures of the Nuncio 7
St. Teresa's discouragement 8
Anecdote of Yepez 8
Mistake of the friars 9
Reaction in their favour 10
The Count of Tendiglia 11
The Nuncio's Brief unresisted 12
The King and the Nuncio 12
Four assessors appointed 13
Angelo de Salazar Vicar for the Discalced 14
Decision in favour of the Reform 15
Anne of Jesus 16
Letter to the Provincial 17
Its effect 18
Mission to Rome 19
Father Pedro and Caffardi 21
Dangers of the Deputies 22
St Teresa and Anne of Jesus 23
Death of the General Rossi 24
Grief of St Teresa 24
Letter to Gratian 25
Letters lo Ambrose Mariano 28
To Father Gonzalo Davilla 27
Letters on St. John of the Cross 30
To the Prioress at Seville 31
Fragments 32
Note to Chapter I. 38
CHAPTER II.
TROUBLES AT SEVILLE.
Garcia Alvarez 35
Cause of his dismissal 36
Feeling in Seville 37
Accusations against the Convent 37
Letter to the Carthusian Prior 38
Letter to the nuns 41
To Isabel of St. Jerome and Mary of St. Joseph 45
Teresa's recommendations 48
The deluded nun not to be sent away 49
No unkindness to be shown 50
Who are to be with her 51
Great care 51
Garcia Alvarez 52
Atrocious calumnies 53
Garcia not fully guilty 53
The Friars of the Mitigation 54
Imprudence of Garcia 55
Animosity against the Reform 56
The Prioress reinstated 57
Note to Chapter II. 58
CHAPTER III.
ST. TERESA AGAIN AT WORK.
St. Teresa's revelation 60
Letter to Valladolid 61
Its answer 64
Letter to Father Gratian 65
To the Prioress at Seville 66
Nicolas Doria 68
Gratian's defect 69
To the Prioress at Seville 70
Dispute about Portugal 71
To Lorenzo de Cepeda. 71
Miracles at Salamanca 72
Change of house at Seville 73
Isabel Osorio 74
Teresa at Malagon 75
Letter to Nicolas Doria 76
Disappointment at Madrid 77
Gratian's sister Isabel 78
Letter to Seville 79
Doria's plan 80
Letter to Mary of St. Joseph 81
Letters to Malagon for Seville 83
Gaytan's daughter 86
Letter to Seville 87
Note to Chapter III. 88
CHAPTER IV.
VILLANUEVA DE LA JARA.
Villanueva de la Jara 92
Account in Book of the Foundations 93
Formation of the community 94
Teresa's objections 95
Fra Antonio 96
Persistence in opposition 97
Teresa changed 98
Her party of nuns 99
Homage paid her on the way 100
Arrival at Villanueva 101
What the new nuns had gone through 102
Beginnings 104
Teresa's objections 105
Her promises to the nuns 106
Anne of St. Augustine 107
CHAPTER V.
A CHAPTER OF LETTERS.
Teresa at Toledo 108
Paralytic attack 108
Letters from Toledo 109
To Mary of St. Joseph 109
To Father Gratian 110
To Lorenzo de Cepeda 111
Another Letter 112
Letter to Pedro J. de Casademonte 113
To the Duchess of Alva 114
To Father Gratian 115
Journey to Segovia 115
Death of Don Lorenzo 115
Letter to Mary of St. Joseph 116
Teresa and Garcia Alvarez 118
A letter of consolation 119
The chapel at Avila 121
Good news from Rome 121
Letter to Teresita 122
To Juana de Ahumada 122
To Inez Nieto 123
To Father Gratian 123
To the Prioress of Avila 124
To the Prioress at Seville 125
Change in Don Francis 126
His character 128
Dona Orofrisia 129
Don Lorenzo 130
Letter to Mary of St. Joseph 131
To the Prioress of Salamanca 131
Letter to Lorenzo (the son) 132
Teresa's account of Orofrisia 133
Don Lorenzo's chapel 134
Questions as to the rules 135
To a Religious of another Order 136
Note To Chapter V. 138
CHAPTER VI.
PALENCIA.
Teresa at Valladolid 141
Nuns for Palencia 142
Don Alvaro, the Bishop 143
From the Foundations 144
Setting out for Palencia 146
"Our Lady of the Street" 147
The two Canons 148
Change in Teresa 149
The new house abandoned 150
Letter on Holy Week 151
Final purchase 152
The site changed afterwards 153
Letters from Palencia 155
To Mary of St. Joseph 156
To Juana de Ahumada 157
To Canon Reinoso 157
To Father Gratian 158
Things to be insisted on in the Chapter 160
Father Antonio 163
St. Teresa's wishes 164
Gratian and the nuns 165
Dofia Anna Enriquez 165
To Gratian after the election 166
To Antonio Gaytan 167
Beatriz de Ahumada 168
Antonio's daughter 171
To Bishop Velasquez 172
To Anne of St Augustine 176
"Sancta Sanctorum" 176
To Cardinal Quiroga 177
Dofia Elena 178
Teresa's letter 179
Delay in Dofia Elena's entrance 180
Letter to Dionysio de la Pefia 180
Another to the same 184
Elena takes the habit 185
Her happiness in Religion 186
Note to Chapter VI. 187
CHAPTER VII.
THE BRIEF OF SEPARATION.
The Holy See consulted 189
Danger of the mission 190
Cardinal Montalto 191
Proposal of Caffardi 192
Cardinal Sforza 192
Decision of Gregory XIII. 193
Letters Apostolic delayed 194
Chapter Of Alcala 195
Fra Juan de las Cuevas 195
Letters of Teresa 196
Meeting of the Chapter 197
Election of "Definitors" 198
Speech of the Commissary 199
Gratian elected Provincial 200
Fewness of men of capacity 201
Gratian and Doria 202
Letter to Gratian 203
Wisdom of Teresa 204
Her Constitutions 206
Points urged by her 207
Printing of the Constitutions 208
CHAPTER VIII.
SORIA.
Account by Teresa 209
Father Nicolas 211
Arrival at Soria 212
The Bishop of Osma 213
Return by Segovia 216
Letter to Mary of St. Joseph 216
To Father Gratian 217
Other letters 220
To Canon Reinoso (about Burgos) 220
Directions to the nuns at Soria 223
Ribera and Yepez 224
Letter to Juana de Ahumada 225
Reasons for Teresa's return to Avila 226
Elected Prioress at St. Joseph's 227
The Exaltation of the Cross at Soria 228
Note to Chapter VIII. 231
CHAPTER IX.
STAY IN AVILA.
Casilda de Padilla 233
Letter to Gratian 234
To Pedro Sanchez Davila 235
To Father Gratian 237
Canon Castro 237
Julian d'Avila 239
To the Duchess of Alva 239
To Mary of St. Joseph 240
The money owing from Seville 241
To Canon de Salinas 243
Anxiety about Beatriz 244
Letters to Canon Castro 244
To Mary of St. Joseph 247
To Juan de Ovalle 247
Other letters 248
To Don Lorenzo, her nephew 249
To the nuns at Soria 251
To Leonor de Ayans 251
Story of Maria Diaz 252
Doha Beatriz de Mendoza 254
Letter to Nicolas Doria 255
His relations to Gratian 257
Last days at Avila 259
Note to Chapter IX. 261
CHAPTER X.
GRANADA AND BURGOS.
Expansion of the Reform 263
Portugal 264
Gratian's Vice-Provincials 265
Projected foundation at Granada 266
Diego of the Trinity 267
Anne of Jesus 268
St John of the Cross sent to Castile 269
Nuns chosen by St. Teresa 269
St John at Avila 270
Fra Diego at Granada 271
He sends for the nuns 271
Dayfuentes 272
Entrance into Granada 272
Anne de Penalosa 272
First Mass 273
Opposition of the Archbishop 274
Hardships of the nuns 275
Great favours 276
Teresa prepares for Burgos 277
Banning of the enterprise 278
The Archbishop of Burgos 279
Reasons for drawing back 280
Catalina de Tolosa 281
She gets the leave of the city 282
Teresa leaves Avila 284
At Medina del Campo 285
At Valladolid 286
On the road to Burgos 287
Letter to Dona Catalina 288
Arrival at Burgos 289
Reception by the Archbishop 291
Sufferings of the nuns 292
At the Ospedale 293
Departure of Gratian 294
A house found 295
And bought 295
Teresa goes to the house 296
Difficulties with the Archbishop 297
The Vicar-General 297
Effects of the stay on the Ospedale 298
Antonio de Aguiar 300
Letter to Mary Joseph 301
Letter to Canon de Salinas 302
Fragment to Mary Joseph 303
To Ambrose Mariano 304
Catalina de Tolosa's daughters 305
Bishop of Palencia's letter 307
Teresa's interference 308
Leave given by the Archbishop 309
Teresa's Letter to the Bishop of Palencia 309
First Mass 310
Letter to the Duke of Huescar 311
To Leonorde la Misericordia 311
To Pedro Casademonte 312
Renunciation of the endowment 313
Talk against St. Teresa 314
Letter to Canon Reinoso 315
Used falsely against the Society 317
Swelling of the Arlanzon 318
Danger of Teresa and her nuns 319
Letter to Granada 320
Difficulty of communication 321
Anne of Jesus Prioress 322
Commentary on the letter 323
What St. Teresa objected to 329
Title of "President" 332
Gratian at Granada 334
Better state of things 334
Desire for a house at Madrid 335
Letter to Dionysio Pefia 336
Letter to Gratian 337
The Prioress of Toledo 338
To Mary of St Joseph 338
To Leonor de la Misericordia 339
To Mary of St Joseph 340
Note to Chapter X. 340
CHAPTER XI.
LAST JOURNEYS AND LETTERS.
Teresa at Palencia 342
Letter to Thomasina Baptista 343
Good news of Doria 344
Letter to Teresa de Laiz 344
State of the Convent at Alba 345
To Thomasina Baptista 346
To Pedro Sanchez Davila 347
To the Prioress of Toledo 348
To Thomasina Baptista 348
To Father Gratian 349
Troubles about Don Lorenzo's will 350
Disapproval of Gratian's method 350
Faults found with him 351
The coming Chapter 350
Teresa's continued esteem 353
Troubles at Salamanca 354
Letter to Pedro Sanchez Davila 355
To Catharine of Christ 356
Leonor de la Misericordia 357
At Valladolid 358
Mary Baptist 359
Address to the nuns 360
Note to Chapter XI. 362
CHAPTER XII.
ALBA DE TORMES.
Leaving Valladolid 363
Teresa's obedience 364
Against her own wishes 365
Suffering on the road 365
Arrival at Alba 366
Given over by the physicians 366
Last confession 367
Speech to the nuns 367
Last Communion 368
Ejaculations 368
Extreme Unction 369
Knowledge of the time of death 370
Anne's vision of our Lord 370
Teresita 370
Time of Teresa's death 371
Anne of Jesus 371
Prodigies after death 371
Burial 372
Its removals 373
Subsequent history of Teresita 374
Her holy death 376
History of Beatriz 376

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Internet Archive
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