THE WAY OF PERFECTION

SAINT TERESA OF JESUS

TRANSLATED FROM THE HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF SAINT TERESA

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BY THE

BENEDICTINES OF STANBROOK

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INCLUDING ALL THE VARIANTS FROM BOTH

THE ESCORIAL AND VALLADOLID EDITIONS

These refer to two different primary versions of the text: one held at the Royal Library of San Lorenzo de El Escorial and another at the convent in Valladolid.

REVISED WITH NOTES AND AN INTRODUCTION

BY THE VERY REVEREND

FATHER BENEDICT ZIMMERMAN,

O.C.D., PRIOR

O.C.D. stands for the Order of Discalced Carmelites (original Latin: Ordo Carmelitarum Discalceatorum), the reformed religious order founded by Saint Teresa herself. A "Prior" is the head of a religious house or monastery.

Sister Marie de Lourdes.
This name was added later to the page, likely indicating ownership of this specific copy of the book.

LONDON

THOMAS BAKER

1911

original: "MCMXI"