La vie de sainte Thérèse de Jésus, de l'Ordre de Notre-Dame du Carmel
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- anglais
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- Œuvre complète
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- Écrite par l'auteur
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- Texte propre
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- ~170 000 mots · 814 passages
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- APAThérèse d'Avila. (n.d.). La vie de sainte Thérèse de Jésus, de l'Ordre de Notre-Dame du Carmel. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/fr/works/teresa-of-avila/the-life-of-st-teresa-of-jesus-of-the-order-of-our-lady-of-carmel
- MLAThérèse d'Avila. "La vie de sainte Thérèse de Jésus, de l'Ordre de Notre-Dame du Carmel." SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/fr/works/teresa-of-avila/the-life-of-st-teresa-of-jesus-of-the-order-of-our-lady-of-carmel.
- ChicagoThérèse d'Avila. La vie de sainte Thérèse de Jésus, de l'Ordre de Notre-Dame du Carmel. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/fr/works/teresa-of-avila/the-life-of-st-teresa-of-jesus-of-the-order-of-our-lady-of-carmel.
De quoi il s'agit
Le livre de la vie de Thérèse d'Ávila : l'enfance, les années de couvent sans ferveur, la conversion tardive, l'oraison et les visions.
Contexte et histoire
Il vaut la peine de savoir pourquoi il a été écrit : non de son propre gré mais sur ordre de ses confesseurs, qui lui demandèrent de mettre par écrit ce qui lui arrivait afin de pouvoir l'examiner. Cela explique le ton — elle se justifie sans cesse, se rabaisse, accepte d'être corrigée — et cela explique aussi que le manuscrit ait abouti à l'Inquisition, qui le retint des années. Cette prose est des plus belles du castillan du XVIe siècle précisément parce qu'elle ne veut pas être littéraire : elle écrit comme elle parle, pour se faire entendre de ceux qui la jugeaient.
Contexte éditorial, non une source citable : contrairement aux passages de l'œuvre, ces données ne peuvent pas être vérifiées dans le corpus.
As I have been commanded and left at liberty to describe at length my way of prayer, and the workings of the grace of our Lord within me, I could wish that I had been allowed at the same time to speak distinctly and in detail of my grievous sins and wicked life. But it has not been so willed; on the contrary, I am laid herein under great restraint; and therefore, for the love of our Lord, I beg of every one who shall read this story of my life [1] to keep in mind how wicked it has been; and how, among the Saints who were converted to God, I have never found one in whom I can have any comfort. For I see that they, after our Lord had called them, never fell into sin again; I not only became worse, but, as it seems to me, deliberately withstood the graces of His Majesty, because I saw that I was thereby bound to serve Him more earnestly, knowing, at the same time, that of myself I could not pay the least portion of my debt. May He be blessed for ever Who waited for me so long! I implore Him with my whole heart to send me His grace, so that in all clearness and truth I may give this account of myself which my confessors command me to give; and even our Lord Himself, I know it, has also willed it should be given for some time past, but I had not the courage to attempt it. And I pray it may be to His praise and glory, and a help to my confessors; who, knowing me better, may succour my weakness, so that I may render to our Lord some portion of the service I owe Him. May all creatures praise Him for ever! Amen. 1. The Saint, in a letter written November 19, 1581, to Don Pedro de Castro, then canon of Avila, speaking of this book, calls it the book "Of the compassions of God"--Y ansi intitule ese libro De las Misericordias de Dios.…