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Concerning Saint Catherine
| To draw man: Refers to Christ being lifted up to draw all people to Himself (John 12:32). | Chapter 26 |
| How it is built of stones of virtue and covered with mercy: | Chapter 27 |
| The garden of the Church is a shop on the bridge where those who falter on the way are received: original: "botega sul ponte" — Catherine describes the Church as an apothecary or shop on the Bridge of Christ where the sacraments are dispensed to travelers. | Chapter 27 |
| By what way one crosses the bridge so as not to fall into the river below: | Chapter 27 |
| On the misery of those who pass below through the river: | Chapter 31 |
| One crosses more easily by the bridge of virtue than by the water of worldly consolations: | Chapter 28 |
| By the said bridge Christ ascends to heaven, leaving His example on earth: | Chapter 29 |
| In what way He has then returned to us according to His promise: | Chapter 29 |
| From the first step one comes to the second: Catherine’s "steps" correspond to the feet, the heart, and the mouth of Christ on the Cross. | Chapter 59 |
| In what way this is done: | Chapter 63 |
| Explanation of the third step, that is, of the mouth: | Chapter 76 |
Poverty:
| On divine providence toward His poor and who those poor are: | Chapter 149 |
| On the excellence of voluntary poverty: | Chapter 151 |
| Christ, by example, teaches the way of this poverty as love: | Chapter 151 |
| Perfection of desires which is reached through perfect poverty: | Chapter 151 |
| How many evils follow for religious Referring to members of religious orders (monks, friars, nuns). who do not observe poverty: | Chapter 125 |
| On the evils of temporal riches regarding avarice: |
Precept:
| The precepts cannot be observed without the counsels: original: "consigli" — refers to the Evangelical Counsels (poverty, chastity, and obedience) which Catherine argues support the keeping of the basic Commandments. | Chapter 47 |
Preacher:
original vocab: Saint Catherine, virtue, mercy, church, bridge, Christ, poverty, divine providence, precepts, preacher
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