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The Book Of The Foundations. Written By Saint Teresa.

CONTENTS CHAPTER I. THE FOUNDATION OF MEDINA DEL CAMPO, page 1. CHAPTER II. HOW OUR FATHER GENERAL CAME TO AVILA, AND WHAT HAPPENED UPON HIS COMING, page 5. CHAPTER III. BY WHAT MEANS THE FOUNDING OF THE MONASTERY OF ST. JOSEPH IN MEDINA DEL CAMPO BEGAN TO BE NEGOTIATED, page 9. CHAPTER IV. ON CERTAIN FAVOURS WHICH THE LORD BESTOWED ON THE NUNS OF THESE MONASTERIES, AND ON THE MANNER THE PRIORESSES SHOULD CONDUCT THEMSELVES TOWARDS THE SISTERS, page 18. CHAPTER V. SOME DIRECTIONS CONCERNING PRAYER, page 22. CHAPTER VI. SHE SHOWS THE HARM THAT MAY HAPPEN TO SPIRITUAL PERSONS BY THEIR NOT UNDERSTANDING WHEN THEY SHOULD RESIST THE SPIRIT. SHE ALSO TREATS OF THE DESIRES A SOUL MAY HAVE TO COMMUNICATE, AND OF THE DECEIT THERE MAY BE IN DOING SO. OTHER IMPORTANT MATTERS ARE MENTIONED FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HOUSES, page 32. CHAPTER VII. HOW THE PRIORESSES SHOULD CONDUCT THEMSELVES TOWARDS THOSE WHO ARE MELANCHOLY, page 44. CHAPTER VIII. SOME DIRECTIONS ON REVELATIONS AND VISIONS, page 51. CHAPTER IX. THE FOUNDATION OF ST. JOSEPH’S MONASTERY AT MALAGON, page 55. CHAPTER X. FOUNDATION OF THE MONASTERY OF VALLADOLID, page 58. CHAPTER XI. SHE GIVES THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A NUN NAMED BEATRIZ

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