St Teresa of Avila

Question 1

St Teresa of Avila

Answer 1

• a nun in a convent

- “saw” and “felt” God in a mystical experience

Question 2

Against St Teresa of Avila

Answer 2

• could have confused a sexual encounter as a religious experience
• could be trying to cover it up as the nuns had to be silent
• she had malaria which caused intense physical pain and consequently caused divine visions

Question 3

St Teresa’s 6 states of a spiritual marriage

Answer 3

1- Awareness
2- Holiness
3- The Presence of God
4- Dark Night of the Soul
5- Ecstasy and Rapture
6- Union