Bible Knowledge Graph

Way of Perfection

Entity ID:

way-of-perfection-(teresa)

Long Name:

Way of Perfection

Short Name:

Way of Perfection

Disambiguation String:

A book of advice written to fellow sisters of the Carmelite Order

Entity Type:

work

Entity Subtype:

book

Summary:

Although she designed her book for her fellow sisters of the Carmelite Order, St. Teresa's Way of Perfection remains accessible to modern readers. In it, she sets out to lead others along the way to union with God through prayer, silence, and meditation. A few of the book's 42 chapters could be called a collection of rules, but the majority of the book more rightly fits the description of advice. As she suggests ways for readers to seek self-perfection, her words are practical, heartfelt, and drawn from personal e xperience. Not only this, but because of the book's less formal and less poetically obscure nature, it offers up a more direct articulation of St. Teresa's theological views than do her autobiography or her most famous work, The Interior Castle.

Kathleen O'Bannon
CCEL Staff

DB Pedia ID:

Way_of_Perfection

Is An Individual:

No

Is Published:

Yes

Original Language:

spa

LCCN:

BX2179

CCEL URL:

//ccel.org/ccel/teresa/way.html

LC Subjects:

All; Classic; Mysticism;

Creators:

Creator: St. Teresa of Avila, Relator: aut, Creator ID: 40218