Teresa of Ávila
Constitutions
Written work
Constitutions
Constituciones
A short legislative text organising the life of the Discalced nuns: timetable, daily mental prayer, poverty, enclosure, manual work, common recreation and the prioress's government. More than a code, it is a portrait of the community Teresa wanted: small, cheerful and without endowments.
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Authorship note
Drawn up for Saint Joseph's in Ávila between 1562 and 1567 and approved by the general Rubeo; revised and promulgated with changes at the chapter of Alcalá (1581). Known through copies.
Editions and translations
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English
Teresa of Ávila
Constitutions (en Collected Works, vol. 3)
The Conscious LibraryConstitutions (en Collected Works, vol. 3)
ICS Publications, 1985
Translation: Kieran Kavanaugh y Otilio Rodríguez
ISBN 9780935216769
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
- On Making the Visitation · 1576
- Poems · 1570
- Letters · 1582
- A Satirical Critique · 1577
- Maxims (Counsels) · 1580
- Complete Works (collected editions) · 1588
- Response to a Spiritual Challenge · 1573
- Ordinances for a Confraternity · 1571
- Seven Meditations on the Lord's Prayer · 1630
Sources
- Teresa de Jesús. Obras completas. Transcripción, introducciones y notas de Efrén de la Madre de Dios y Otger Steggink. Madrid: Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos, 1962 (ediciones posteriores revisadas).
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