Teresa of Ávila
Seven Meditations on the Lord's Prayer
Traditional attribution
Seven Meditations on the Lord's Prayer
Siete meditaciones sobre el Paternóster
Seven meditations, one for each day of the week, on the petitions of the Lord's Prayer, which circulated for centuries under Teresa's name and were even put into verse. Their presence in early editions explains why they are still quoted as hers; they are listed here as a spurious attribution.
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Authorship note
Spurious. It was published by Jerónimo Gracián and included in the Plantin edition of Teresa's works (Antwerp, 1630), with a preamble claiming it came from a notebook owned by Isabel de Avellaneda; modern scholarship holds it is not Teresa's. The year marks its entry into the printed works, not its composition.
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Teresa of Ávila
Obras de la gloriosa madre Santa Teresa de Jesús (con las Siete meditaciones sobre el Paternóster)
The Conscious LibraryObras de la gloriosa madre Santa Teresa de Jesús (con las Siete meditaciones sobre el Paternóster)
Oficina Plantiniana (Amberes), 1630
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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
- Response to a Spiritual Challenge · 1573
- Ordinances for a Confraternity · 1571
Sources
- Monte Carmelo (ed.). «Seudoautógrafos y escritos espurios», en Santa Teresa en 100 fichas. teresavila.com (Burgos: Editorial Monte Carmelo).
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