![]() ![]() Everything she says rests on the basis of that. She had a very strong notion of what she meant by the incarnation, the involvement of God and humanity. To see her work as hanging together coherently in all those ways is part of what we need to do to understand her fully. She was a writer and a spiritual director. Yes, she had extraordinary experiences, but she was a reformer, a practical reformer. Bernini, you have some explaining to do.’ I don’t think that statue in Rome begins to tell us what really matters about Teresa. I have a picture of St Teresa in heaven going up to Bernini and saying, ‘Mr. Could you start by telling us what her greatness rests on? I wasn’t even aware, before I started reading the books you’ve recommended, that St Teresa of Avila is a ‘Doctor of the Church’-one of only 36 saints whose doctrinal writings have a particular stamp of authority from the Catholic Church. ![]() I think most people, if they know anything about her, know about the Bernini statue, the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, and that she had these extraordinary, ecstatic religious experiences. Foreign Policy & International RelationsĪ general question before we get to the books about St Teresa of Avila. ![]()
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