the seven mansions of st teresa of avila

To see if the type and size of the font used in this book are easy to read and are acceptable to you, we encourage that you download and print out a sample page. Canon Surmont, Vicar General, Westminster, 22nd January 1912. This edition has been re-typeset using the text of the 1912 edition originally published by Thomas Baker, London, with an Imprimatur by Edm. Revised with Introduction and additional notes by the Very Reverend Benedict Zimmerman, O.C.D. The Interior Castle or the Mansions - Translated from the Autography of Saint Teresa by the Benedictines of Stanbrook. She takes nothing for granted, her own personal experiences are admitted only after having been fully investigated and found to be consistent one with the other, and conformable to the teaching of the Church and the words of Holy Scripture.

What gives the work such high value is, that it is the result of a most searching inquiry into the various phases whereby a soul is gradually transformed into the likeness of God Himself. While the seven mansions provide an apt vehicle for explaining the development of contemplative prayer, we ought not to imagine them as pigeon holes and the developments as discrete jumps from one stage to another. In the heavenly Father’s house, there are many mansions not only seven, and many paths lead to them. Teresa describes the road by which she was led, well aware that the others may be led in a different way. Her teaching on prayer has continued to inspire and guide Christians in their spiritual journeys for over four hundred years. Identifying the soul as a castle, Teresa outlines seven Mansions within the castle, illustrating the beauty and capacity of the soul.

Teresa of Avila, is one of the most popular Doctors of the Church.

The seven mansions of st teresa of avila