[La vie de Sainte Thérèse d'Avila]
Year:
2014
Type:
Public:
Publisher:
Fordham University
Year of publication:
2003
Pages:
486
Moral assessment:
Type: Thought
Nothing inappropriate.
Requires prior general knowledge of the subject.
Readers with knowledgeable about the subject matter.
Contains doctrinal errors of some importance.
Whilst not being explicitly against the faith, the general approach or its main points are ambiguous or opposed to the Church’s teachings.
Incompatible with Catholic doctrine.
Literary quality:
Recommendable:
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The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators
Marcelle Auclair has carried out, with this book, a work that appears simple, just as expressions of affection often seem simple. As these pages are read, they awaken sympathy and spontaneous affection for the figure of the saint of Ávila. These pages draw us, as if it were the most natural thing in the world, to the heights of love for God.
This excellent biography of Saint Teresa of Jesus perfectly combines clarity and narrative sobriety with thorough documentation and a very engaging style. The literary beauty with which Saint Teresa's life is presented makes this work appealing both to readers approaching this figure for the first time and to those who have read other biographies and works by this Doctor of the Church.