Teresa of Ávila
Response to a Spiritual Challenge
Written work
Response to a Spiritual Challenge
Respuesta a un desafío espiritual
A spiritual game in the form of a chivalric tournament 'turned to the divine'. Faced with a challenge of penances sent from Pastrana, Teresa and her nuns, many of them ill, reply by offering simple virtues: patience, humility, fraternal charity. It shows the humour with which Teresa formed her communities and her wariness of ascetic competition.
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Authorship note
A communal piece: the challenge 'poster' came from Pastrana (probably with Jerónimo Gracián's involvement) and the nuns of the Incarnation in Ávila, where Teresa was prioress, answered it under her direction. The autograph is lost except for a fragment kept at the Carmel of Guadalajara; the title is late. Vicente de la Fuente dates it to 1572.
Editions and translations
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English
Teresa of Ávila
Response to a Spiritual Challenge (en The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, vol. 3)
The Conscious LibraryResponse to a Spiritual Challenge (en The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, vol. 3)
ICS Publications, 1985
Translation: Kieran Kavanaugh y Otilio Rodríguez
ISBN 9780935216769
Español
Teresa of Ávila
Respuesta de la Santa a un desafío espiritual (en Escritos de Santa Teresa, t. I, BAE 53)
The Conscious LibraryRespuesta de la Santa a un desafío espiritual (en Escritos de Santa Teresa, t. I, BAE 53)
M. Rivadeneyra (Biblioteca de Autores Españoles), 1861
Edición de Vicente de la Fuente; digitalizada en Internet Archive.
Other works by Teresa of Ávila
- The Book of Her Life · 1565
- The Way of Perfection · 1566
- The Interior Castle (The Mansions) · 1577
- The Book of the Foundations · 1582
- Spiritual Testimonies (Accounts of Conscience) · 1581
- Meditations on the Song of Songs · 1567
- Soliloquies (Exclamations of the Soul to God) · 1569
- Constitutions · 1567
- On Making the Visitation · 1576
- Poems · 1570
- Letters · 1582
- A Satirical Critique · 1577
- Maxims (Counsels) · 1580
- Complete Works (collected editions) · 1588
- Ordinances for a Confraternity · 1571
- Seven Meditations on the Lord's Prayer · 1630
Sources
- Monte Carmelo (ed.). «Respuesta de un desafío», en Santa Teresa en 100 fichas. teresavila.com (Burgos: Editorial Monte Carmelo).
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