Intellect. See Faculties
Intellectual tendency, 30
Intellectual visions, 38, 238, 241, 252, 391, 395, 400, 415, 416, 436, 479, 489
Intention, 388
Internal religion, 24
Intimidation, 106, 126, 129, 223
Irritability. See Anger
Isabel de la Cruz, Franciscan, 23
Isabel de Jesús (Jimena), 493
Isabel de Santo Domingo, 489, 490
Italian school, 22
Italy, 22
Jacob, 156
James, William, 31
Jerome, St., 18, 63, 115, 330, 468, 471, 488
Jerusalem, 233
Jesuits, 30, 31, 35, 46, 71, 201, 207, 208, 210, 211, 244, 288, 294, 299, 334, 335, 353, 437; College of St. Giles, Ávila, 478, 489, 490, 497
John of Ávila, St., 22, 30, 46, 364, 419, 430, 491, 497, 499
John Chrysostom, St., 47
John of the Cross, St., 20, 47, 402, 475, 494
John the Evangelist, St., 438
Joseph, St., 20, 79, 80, 256, 280, 290, 291, 311, 314, 399, 404, 470, 476, 482
Joy, 20, 38, 64, 65, 82, 92, 113, 119, 123, 134, 136, 149, 152, 156, 157, 164, 179, 195, 253, 288, 289, 300, 301, 302, 322, 323, 334, 343, 388, 390, 403, 449, 459, 463
Juana, Princess Doña, 483
Judas, 169
Judging others, 377
Jurists, 472
Knowledge, 143, 146, 165, 177, 190, 228, 229, 232, 308, 324, 326, 330, 331, 336, 339, 345, 351, 354, 355, 428, 429, 430, 432, 437, 479
Language of heaven, 121, 230, 301
Laredo, Bernardino de, 23, 35, 472, 478, 490
Lay persons connected with Teresa, reform, men, 202, 203, 204, 206, 309, 317; women, 211, 280, 282, 283, 289, 293, 294, 302, 303, 305
Leah, 156
Learning, 22, 26, 30, 31, 32, 121, 130, 136, 143, 153, 156, 181, 192, 202, 220, 221, 225, 228, 231, 239, 254, 257, 298, 299, 304, 311, 320, 355, 419, 423, 437
León, 498
León, Fray Luis de, O.S.A., 47, 441
Lie, 88, 144, 213, 223, 238, 252, 260, 295, 301, 313, 354, 356
Light, 20, 239, 330, 397, 412, 416
Limbo, 241
Liturgy, 79, 237, 290, 320, 333, 341, 252
Locutions, 29, 33, 38, 168, 199, 212–217, 220, 224, 225, 230, 231, 242, 260, 280, 281, 282, 284, 289, 297, 307, 317, 318, 343, 345, 351, 352, 354, 355, 360, 361, 395, 418, 423, 432, 436, 480
Longing for God, 372, 375, 431, 458
Love, of God, 117, 118, 119, 120, 198, 231, 241, 242, 248, 249, 250, 286, 296, 300, 308, 334, 348, 354, 384, 399, 428, 444, 445; impulse of, 38, 40, 175, 180, 183, 187, 224, 234, 235, 249, 250, 253, 262, 286, 288, 332, 333; “madness” of, 148, 150; wound of, 38, 430, 431, 460, 499; is fruit of prayer, 107; prayer is the exercise of, 88; of neighbor, 278, 383, 445
Ludolph of Saxony, 488
Lutherans, 24, 278, 384, 399, 475
Madness against God, 454
Madrid, Alonso de, Franciscan, 472
Magdalena de la Cruz, Poor Clare, 24
Malagón, 386
Malone, WiIliam, S.J., 48
Mancío de Corpus Christi, O.P., 492
María Bautista (de Cepeda y Ocampo), 472, 483, 490
María de Ávila (de San José), 369, 483, 487
María de la paz (de la Cruz), 487
María de Santo Domingo Beata of (Piedrahita), 24
María de San Jerónimo, 490
María de San Pablo, 472
Married persons, 125, 130, 203, 273
Martín of Tours, St., 402, 459
Mary of Bethany, 153, 195, 426, 478
Mary Magdalene, St., 101, 188, 197, 199, 394, 400, 408, 475, 477, 494
Mary, the Mother of God, 19, 54, 56, 73, 80, 167, 229, 256, 280, 291, 292, 303, 311, 320, 321, 333, 334, 353, 389, 395, 399, 403, 409, 411, 417, 445, 468, 477, 488, 494, 496
Master (spiritual), 21, 29, 31, 33, 67, 124, 125, 129, 130, 131, 132, 171, 181, 192, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 211, 219, 225, 226, 245, 254, 298, 317, 357, 407, 499; non-submission to, 132
Matías, Diego, 489
Matthew, St., 400
Medina, Bartolomé de, O.P., 46, 420, 437, 498
Medinaceli, Duke of, 485
Meditation, 28, 45, 89, 101, 128, 129, 133, 193, 208, 425, 441
Mejía, Diego, 468; Francisco, 468; Don Hernando, 468; Pedro, 489; Vasco, 468
Men, 22, 25, 29, 30, 31, 73, 85, 117, 121, 129–132, 143, 167, 191, 219, 228, 245, 254, 298, 304, 320, 325, 355, 357, 363
Mendoza, Bishop Don Alvaro de, 47, 472, 484, 486, 497
Meneses, Felipe de, O.P., 421, 498
Mental prayer, 19, 21, 22, 23, 26, 30, 33, 44, 82, 96, 97, 101, 116, 142, 161, 201, 329, 334, 471. See also Prayer.
Mercy. See GOD
Mexico, 498
Michael, St., 227
Muslim, 22
Molina, Juan de, 468
Monastery of the Incarnation, Ávila, 18, 19, 37, 393, 399, 400, 468, 470, 412, 483, 484, 488, 494, 497
Monastery of St. Joseph, Ávila, 32, 36, 37, 394, 418, 434, 470, 472, 473, 479, 480, 483, 486, 488, 489, 491, 492, 494
Money, 183, 224, 289, 290, 317, 349, 374, 375
Moral depravity, 24
Mortification, 204, 208, 210, 259, 348, 421, 461
Mystical life, 21, 28, 35, 37, 39, 45, 46; phenomena, 23, 26; theology, 28, 30, 105, 112, 121, 136, 158, 472. See also Supernatural.
Nakedness of spirit, 23
Natural phenomena, 186
New World, 15
Obedience, 23, 26, 130, 160, 201, 208, 210, 225, 226, 244, 248, 249, 283, 286, 287, 289, 291, 292, 293, 294, 305, 311, 312, 315, 325, 374, 379, 394, 402, 404, 405, 407, 408, 422, 425
Ocampo, María. See María Bautista
Original sin, 261. See also Adam Oropesa, 34, 477
Osuna, Fray Francisco de, Franciscan, 19, 23, 30, 469, 472, 490
Our Lady of Grace Convent, Ávila, 17, 468, 471
Palencia, 435
Paul, St., 124, 177, 187, 194, 207, 237, 248, 330, 392, 393, 403, 415, 475, 481
Paul VI, St., Pope, 47
Pavia, 17
Peers, E. Allison, 48
Penance, 23, 135, 209, 234, 236, 248, 251, 263, 279, 314, 319, 373, 383, 394, 434, 436. See Sacraments
Persecution, 168, 183, 226, 244, 247, 260, 270, 281, 282, 285, 286, 299, 301, 316, 317, 350, 383, 415, 422
Perseverance, 46, 96, 99, 112, 115, 140, 166
Pelo y Henao, Doña Catalina del, 467
Peter, St., 124, 139, 169, 196, 228, 248, 413, 475
Peter of Alcántara, St., 31, 32, 35, 228, 234, 235, 236, 253, 255, 281, 304, 309, 310, 318, 342, 357, 419, 472, 481, 484, 497
Pius IV, Pope, 490
Poverty, 111, 196, 281, 290, 303, 304, 305, 318, 321, 346, 348, 374, 381, 399. See also Income.
Prádonos, Juan de, S.J., 34, 479
Prayer, 19, 20, 21, 22, 28, 30, 31, 37, 44, 45, 46, 372, 376, 378, 379, 384, 385, 403, 418ff., 425ff., 471, 499; answered, 342ff.; apostolic efficacy of, 113, 126, 127, 142, 154, 165, 186, 266, 317, 383; an exercise of love, 88; as glory, 157; as work, 157; Four Waters of, first, meditation, 114–133; second, prayer of quiet, 133–147; third, sleep of faculties, 147–156; fourth, union, 157–184; most effective, 142; of petition, 345; person of, 328, 347, 383; rebuke sin, 85, 214, 215, 224, 335, 336, 380; shared, 441; torment in, 115, 178, 263; while sleeping, 249. See also Beginners, Contemplation, Faculties, Meditation, Mental Prayer, Quiet, Union.
Presence of God. See GOD
Progress, 102, 119, 120, 125, 129, 142, 146, 150, 151, 179, 190, 195, 198, 272, 275, 301, 309, 321, 344, 346, 347, 357, 411
Prophecy, 208, 211, 213, 216, 224, 225, 280, 291, 293, 294, 301, 305, 335, 386, 394
Protestants, 22
Providence, 244, 284, 289, 291, 293, 308, 310, 381, 385, 462
Prudence, 130
Psyche, 37
Publican, the, 144
Purgative state, 191
Purgatory, 142, 178, 179, 268, 302, 313, 340, 341, 342, 431
Purity of blood, 25
Quiet, prayer of, 21, 23, 38, 67, 102, 129, 153, 156, 192, 201, 228, 229, 242, 426, 474. See also Prayer.
Rachel, 156
Ramírez, Martín, 492
Rapture, 28, 38, 45, 160, 172, 173, 179, 180, 181, 182, 188, 189, 198, 211, 212, 215, 235, 241, 247, 291, 292, 293, 301, 305, 329, 331, 334, 336, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 357, 358, 372, 374, 375, 380, 388, 389, 405, 426, 427, 431, 474, 499; duration of, 67, 180, 181, 199, 330, 333, 336, 352, 378; physical effects of, 173, 177, 178, 181, 182, 238, 251, 252, 337, 343, 357, 415, 418, 427, 430, 431, 438; spiritual effects of, 182, 188, 190, 199, 201, 214, 216, 217, 219, 224, 228, 241, 242, 249, 252, 297, 326, 353, 374, 427, 430, 431, 438
Reading, 17, 57, 67, 68, 170, 226, 259, 261, 333, 374, 418
Reason, use of, 143, 146, 258, 282, 298
Recogidos, 23
Recollection, 19, 23, 38, 102, 114, 133, 139, 141, 192, 196, 208, 220, 226, 228, 234, 266, 296, 303, 329, 341, 356, 357, 372, 373, 374, 385, 425, 426, 434
Recreation, 86, 100, 112, 123, 205
Reform of Carmelite life, 279–284, 290, 291, 292, 293, 303, 307, 310, 316, 321; of religious life, 22
Reputation. See Honor Revelations, 286, 330, 332, 354
Ribera, Francisco de, S.J., 17, 34, 370, 442, 471, 491
Ripalda, Jerónimo Martínez de, S.J., 46, 419, 497
Rome, 17, 286, 292, 303, 309, 348, 418
Sacrament, 167; Eucharist, 68, 75, 138, 148, 150, 160, 163, 170, 174, 192, 193, 219, 220, 240, 245, 247, 260, 280, 290, 302, 311, 313, 316, 318, 337, 338, 339, 351, 353, 356, 378, 389, 390, 391, 392, 396, 402, 410, 411, 414, 415; penance (confession), 75, 90, 206, 207, 209; anointing of the sick (extreme unction), 75, 89
Sacred objects, cross (crucifix), 222, 249, 253; holy water, 29, 264, 265, 267; images, pictures, 29, 56, 102; religious habit (scapular), 311, 341; sign of the cross, 102, 169, 248
Saints, 43, 54, 167, 261, 332, 379, 403, 415, 456
Salamanca, 30, 46, 388, 389, 418, 419, 441, 471, 493, 494, 497, 498
Salazar, Gaspar de, S.J., 418, 484, 485, 488, 491, 497
Salcedo, Don Francisco de, 33, 35, 473, 478, 479, 482, 484, 487
Salinas, Juan de, O.P., 421, 498
Samaritan woman, the, 263
Sanctimoniales, 18
Sanlúcar, 495
Santander, Luis de, S.J., 418, 497
Savonarola, 22
Scripture, 31, 33, 61, 130, 131, 149, 156, 163, 182, 219, 232, 258, 263, 283, 287, 298, 354, 385, 393, 420, 442
Scholastica, 22
Sebastian, St., 395
Secrecy, 60, 206, 243, 310, 311, 385
Segovia, 47, 418, 421, 497, 498
Self, abandonment, 23, 152, 376; acceptance and appreciation, 57, 58, 59, 63, 294, 306, 342, 343, 361; accusation, 57, 58, 59, 63, 70, 79–87, 335–338; analysis, 372, 380, 381, 391, 392, 425, 435; complacency, 279, 349; confidence, 100, 123, 171; deception, 170, 213, 226, 286; depreciation, 53, 55, 56, 65, 75, 93, 138, 261, 331, 391; esteem, 189, 190; excuse of, 61, 70; interest, 146, 165, 167, 184, 436; knowledge, 129, 130, 146, 298, 335, 382, 391, 432; love, 125, 434, 436; mistrust of, 272; reliance, 171; surrender, 42, 43, 111, 270, 388, 428, 438
Separation from God, 443
Servility, 146
Serving God, 360, 379, 383, 412, 443, 444
Serving the sick, 387
Seville, 409–418, 470, 478, 495, 496, 497
Silverio, Fr., O.C.D., 48
Sin, 21, 24, 240, 356, 394, 414, 415, 452
Sleep in life, 362
Sleep of faculties. See Faculties Society of Jesus. See Jesuits Solitude, 38, 39, 67, 69, 70, 78, 83, 88, 93, 114, 116, 125, 146, 154, 157, 176, 178, 209, 220, 241, 259, 261, 315, 321, 333, 373, 382, 422, 426, 429, 437, 444, 476
Sorrow, 20
Soto y Salazar, Francisco de, 419, 491, 497
Spain in Teresa’s time, 15–25, 29–30, 32, 45, 473, 483, 485, 493, 498; Catholic reform in, 22; political situation of, 22, 23; race relations in, 25; spirituality of, 22, 23
Speech, See Figures of, Grace, Language
Strength of soul, 326–327. See also Courage.
Suffering, 98, 149, 150, 175, 177, 178, 181, 187, 196, 206, 220, 221, 223, 224, 225, 247, 251, 253, 259, 260, 264, 267, 276, 278, 279, 286, 300, 311, 313, 315, 318, 349, 361, 376, 381, 389, 391, 403, 408, 415, 422, 423, 429, 430, 431, 436, 437; duration of, 258
Supernatural, 21, 26, 37, 39, 45, 120, 133, 136, 156, 179, 191, 192, 197, 202, 237, 241, 249, 272, 287, 298, 351, 418, 422, 425, 472
Superstition, 29
Suspension, 28, 121, 162, 177, 389, 395, 419, 426, 427; duration of, 162
Talavera, 485
Tauler, 30
Tears, 20, 65, 67, 70, 78, 92, 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 114, 117, 119, 126, 134, 138, 164, 167, 170, 205, 207, 217, 221, 228, 238, 244, 248, 250, 263, 297, 304, 330, 361, 375, 383, 403, 419, 425, 452, 469
Temptation, 25, 83, 115, 123, 126, 127, 146, 182, 193, 217, 218, 225, 257, 260, 264, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 360, 400, 409, 475
TERESA of Jesus (de Ahumada), 16, 17, 20, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40, 46, 47, 467;
age (her own references to), 56, 58, 67, 329; as author, 16, 38, 46, 48, 49, 108, 346, 363, 364, 397, (See also Church, Figures of speech); character sketch, 16, 44, 383, (See also Self);
education of, 17, 54, 57, 61, 103: health of, 18, 19, 20, 62, 65–79, 264, 265, 314
illnesses, 19, 20, 62, 66, 71, 74, 79, 206, 210, 256, 331, 372, 438
physical description or, 16; possible marriage of, 17, 61; resistance to inspiration, 407; vocation of, 18, 60–69
Theology, 30, 33, 34, 39, 136, 231, 304, 472
Thomas Aquinas, St., 25, 40, 334
Toledo, 15, 34, 380, 386, 419, 420, 433, 434, 469, 485, 486, 492, 497, 499
Toledo, Alonso Alvarez de, 470
Toledo, García de, O.P., 33, 34, 36, 420, 467, 470, 472, 473, 477, 481, 483, 485, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 498
Toscano, Sebastián, 471
Touchiness. See Honor
Transfer to other Monastery, 269
Transformed by grace, 189, 231
Transverberation, 38, 252
Transport, 427, 474; See also Rapture
Trent, Council of, 22
Trinity. See GOD
Truth, 28, 31, 183, 186, 189, 194, 223, 227, 228, 238, 249, 259, 336, 345, 346, 354, 355, 384, 413, 424
Turks, 15
Tyranny, 249
Ulloa, Doña Guiomar, 473, 479, 482, 484, 485, 487
Understanding, 40, 45, 103, 105, 122, 128, 129, 142, 148, 152, 154, 156, 157, 158, 160, 161, 162, 163, 184, 185, 188, 189, 192, 193, 200, 205, 206, 213–217, 219, 221, 224, 225, 226, 230, 232, 233, 239, 240, 242, 243, 245, 254, 255, 258, 262, 263, 264, 270, 287, 288, 289, 297, 298, 300, 306, 308, 323, 324, 335, 336, 346, 350, 352, 354, 355, 356, 382, 400, 401, 410, 411, 413, 414, 426, 427, 429, 432, 433
Union, prayer of, 21, 23, 24, 28, 32, 38, 67, 142, 148, 153, 154, 192, 201, 205, 215, 217, 274, 357, 398, 411, 416, 426, 427, 474; duration of, 67, 416, 430, 491. See also Prayer (fourth water)
Ursula de los Santos (Revilla), 487
Valdés, Fernando de, 30, 33, 480
Valencia, 468; Incarnation at, 483
Valladolid, 24, 421, 478, 494, 498
Values, comparison of, 54, 57, 62, 63, 64, 70, 71, 84, 106, 107, 115, 129, 130, 131, 132, 143, 161, 162, 234, 235, 270, 271, 274, 275, 278, 279, 324, 325, 345, 346, 385, 386, 398, 399, 443, 444
Vanity, 60, 223, 268, 295, 308, 336, 345, 355, 377
Vázquez, Dionisio, S.J., 484
Velasco, Doña María de (countess of Osorno), 494
Velázquez, Dr. Alonso, 369, 499
Vincent, Ferrer, St., 182, 476
Virtues, 23, 30, 69, 77, 108, 113, 116, 119, 120, 125, 126, 127, 128, 134, 135, 137, 153, 165, 171, 198, 202, 204, 244, 258, 272, 273, 274, 312, 316, 334, 350, 428
Visions and their effects, 28, 38, 39, 85, 86, 214, 215, 225, 229, 230, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 246, 247, 248, 249, 252, 260, 264, 265, 267, 268, 276, 277, 287, 290, 291, 292, 318, 319, 326, 329, 330, 332, 333, 334, 335, 337, 339, 340, 341, 342, 349, 350, 351, 352, 358, 359, 390, 391, 394, 395, 405, 406, 409, 415, 416, 418, 436. See also CHRIST (Teresa’s visions of)
Visionaries, 24
Vocal prayer, 45, 61, 82, 114, 163, 169, 220, 329, 345, 417, 426, 432
Vocation, 85, 279, 280, 303, 304, 308, 311, 345, 346
Water, symbol of prayer. See Prayer.
Women, 21, 24, 25, 26, 30, 32, 47, 73, 85, 98, 109, 112, 117, 122, 132, 159, 183, 186, 201, 206, 225, 235, 245, 254, 285, 290, 295, 298, 318, 357, 383, 419, 422, 452, 499
World, the, 44, 271, 295, 351, 355, 417, 429; acceptance of evil in, 92; etiquette in, 111, 189, 295, 308, 324, 328; manners of, 294, 295; pleasing people in, 62, 328; relation of religious to, 329; Teresa’s vision of, 350
Works, 23, 188, 214, 260, 327, 412, 428, 435
Wound of soul, 251. See also Love (wound of).
Yanguas, Diego de, O.P., 421, 498