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Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, (March 28, 1515 – October 4, 1582) was a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun, writer of the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through...

True Devotion to Mary is a book by Saint Louis de Montfort on the Roman Catholic theme of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The book attracted attention in the 20th century when in an address to the Montfortian Fathers, Pope John Paul II said that reading this book had been a "decisive turning...

San Juan de Ávila (* Almodóvar del Campo, Ciudad Real, 6 de enero de 15001 – † Montilla, 10 de mayo de 1569) fue un sacerdote y escritor ascético español. Es, desde 1946, patrono del clero español. Tras haberlo anunciado en Madrid el 20 de agosto de 2011, el...

These two books were written against the Novatian heresy, which took its name, and to a considerable extent its form, from Novatus, a priest of the Church of Carthage, and Novatian, schismatically consecrated bishop at Rome. It was the outcome of a struggle which had long existed in the Church upon...

L'autore è Ignazio di Loyola, in basco Íñigo López Loiola (Loyola, 24 dicembre 1491 – Roma, 31 luglio 1556), fu il fondatore della Compagnia di Gesù (Gesuiti): nel 1622 è stato proclamato santo da papa Gregorio XV. Gli Esercizi spirituali non sono «un...

L'autrice è Thérèse Françoise Marie Martin (Alençon, 2 gennaio 1873 – Lisieux, 30 settembre 1897) fu una religiosa e mistica francese, meglio nota come santa Teresa del Bambino Gesù, nome con il quale è venerata dalla Chiesa cattolica. Monaca carmelitana...

the author is Saint Pachomius (Greek: Παχώμιος, Coptic: ca. 292-348), also known as Pachome and Pakhomius (/pəˈkoʊmiəs/), is generally recognized as the founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism. In the Coptic churches his feast day is celebrated on May 9. In the Eastern Orthodox and...

In the Treatise on Purgatory, St. Catherine wrote about the purpose of Purgatory, the unspeakable pain endured by the souls in Purgatory, and the great hope that souls have while in Purgatory, of seeing and spending eternity with God in Heaven. Saint Catherine of Genoa (Caterina Fieschi...

He aquí una joya de la espiritualidad cristiana escrita por la Doctora de la Iglesia y Madre de Espirituales, Santa Teresa de Jesús. "Camino" es un catecismo de oración cristiana a partir del Padre nuestro. La peculiaridad de esta edición, además de su...

St. Ambrose, esteeming very highly the dignity of the ministerial office, was most desirous that the clergy of his diocese should live worthily of their high vocation, and be good and profitable examples to the people. Consequently he undertook the following treatise, setting forth the duties of...

La nuit noire de l'âme (ou nuit obscure de l'âme) est une expression attribuée à l'origine à Jean de la Croix, et qui désigne une expérience passagère de désolation spirituelle dans l'expérience mystique, un temps où «...

The Admirable Secret of the Rosary is a book about the Holy Rosary written by Saint Louis de Montfort a French priest and Catholic saint who died in 1716. The English translation of the book bears the Imprimatur of Archbishop Thomas E. Molloy of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn. The book revolves...

L'Imitation de Jésus-Christ (en latin De imitatione Christi) est une œuvre anonyme de piété chrétienne de la fin du xive siècle ou du début du xve siècle, représentative d'une nouvelle expérience spirituelle appelée devotio moderna...

L'autore è Antonio Rosmini (Rovereto, 24 marzo 1797 – Stresa, 1º luglio 1855) è stato un filosofo e sacerdote italiano. La Chiesa cattolica lo venera come beato dal 18 novembre 2007. Il cardinale Joseph Ratzinger, il 18 maggio 1985 (quando la questione rosminiana era...