Medieval Neighbors

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During yesterday's class meeting I was intrigued by our discussion of the poetry in John of the Cross. First, I'm wondering if anyon...

While I was working through Ascent of Mount Carmel, I was struck by John of the Cross' metaphor of light streaming through a window. ...

This is a very minor point. I was curious about the weapons the demons were carrying in one of her visions (Chapter 39:17). The English tran...

I, too, was having some trouble trying to figure out Teresa's relationship with the Church, especially when placed beside her experience...

First of all, as I was working on reading the rest of The Book of Her Life this afternoon, I came across a section that seemed to have rele...

Carole Slade writes that Teresa of Avila “might well have considered herself on trial.” Until I read this article, I didn’t even consider ...