The Way of Perfection / St. Teresa of Avila

St. Teresa of Avila is an unsurpassed teacher of Christian prayer and spirituality, and in The Way of Perfection she is at her best. Now, with the help of this study edition, everyone can enjoy the benefits of her wisdom.

In The Way of Perfection, St. Teresa gives practical counsels and advice on prayer, destined originally for the few nuns who embraced the reformed Carmelite life she established. As a handbook for spiritual formation, it presented them with the basic Christian spirituality undergirding their Constitutions and Rule.

Translated from the autograph of St. Teresa of Jesus including all the variants from the Escorial and Valladolid editions, by the Benedictines of Stanbrook.

A guide to living by the great truths of Christianity: the simplest and most practical work of Teresa of Avila.