Teresa describes venomous creatures (snakes, lizards) in the outer rooms — these represent disordered attachments and habits that keep us near the entrance. But there's also a "lion" — the enemy wh...

Teresa describes venomous creatures (snakes, lizards) in the outer rooms — these represent disordered attachments and habits that keep us near the entrance. But there's also a "lion" — the enemy who prowls around the gate trying to prevent entry. The good news: once inside, you have the King's protection. The castle IS grace. (Ep 16, 192)

Teresa describes venomous creatures (snakes, lizards) in the outer rooms — these represent disordered attachments and habits that keep us near the entrance. But there's also a "lion" — the enemy who prowls around the gate trying to prevent entry. The good news: once inside, you have the King's protection. The castle IS grace. (Ep 16, 192)

Catechism sources (PD) teaches:

In traveling, for instance, animals give up when exhausted, but man may be dying as he walks, and still, by his strong will-power, force his wearied limbs to move. But you will say, did not the lions in the den into which Daniel was cast.

(Source: baltimore_catechism.txt)

St. Thomas Aquinas teaches:

For He alone and singly is the Lamb without spot, without sin; not because His spots are wiped off; but because He never had a spot. He alone is the Lamb of God, for by His blood alone can men be redeemed. This is the Lamb whom the wolves fear; even the slain Lamb, by whom the lion was slain.

(Source: catena_aurea_john.txt)

Teresa describes venomous creatures (snakes, lizards) in the outer rooms — these represent disordered attachments and habits that keep us near the entrance. But there's also a "lion" — the enemy who prowls around the gate trying to prevent entry. The good news: once inside, you have the King's protection. The castle IS grace. (Ep 16, 192)

Catechism sources (PD) teaches:

In traveling, for instance, animals give up when exhausted, but man may be dying as he walks, and still, by his strong will-power, force his wearied limbs to move. But you will say, did not the lions in the den into which Daniel was cast.

(Source: baltimore_catechism.txt)

St. Thomas Aquinas teaches:

For He alone and singly is the Lamb without spot, without sin; not because His spots are wiped off; but because He never had a spot. He alone is the Lamb of God, for by His blood alone can men be redeemed. This is the Lamb whom the wolves fear; even the slain Lamb, by whom the lion was slain.

(Source: catena_aurea_john.txt)

Doctrinal Foundation

T2.C.010 (De fide (defined dogma)): The human person is composed of two essential principles: a material body and a spiritual, immortal soul. The rational soul is the substantial form of the body. Each human soul is immediately created by God.

  • Scripture: And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
  • Aquinas: The soul is united to the body as its form. Indeed, the intellectual soul, since it can subsist of itself, is not a form whose being depends on matter.

T2.C.011 (De fide (defined dogma)): The rational soul of each human being is spiritual and immortal. It does not perish with the death of the body but continues to exist and will be reunited with the body at the general resurrection.

  • Scripture: And the dust return into its earth, from whence it was, and the spirit return to God, who gave it.
  • Aquinas: The human soul, which we call the intellectual principle, is incorruptible... The intellectual soul is per se subsistent, and cannot be corrupted.
  • Councils: We condemn and reprobate all who assert that the intellectual soul is mortal... since the soul is not only truly of itself and essentially the form of the human body... but is also immortal.
  • Fathers: The soul is immortal: for it is not the soul that dies, but the body through the departure of the soul.

From the Sources

St. Thomas Aquinas (catena_aurea_john.txt):

For He alone and singly is the Lamb without spot, without sin; not because His spots are wiped off; but because He never had a spot. He alone is the Lamb of God, for by His blood alone can men be redeemed. This is the Lamb whom the wolves fear; even the slain Lamb, by whom the lion was slain. BEDE. The Lamb therefore he calls Him; for that He was about to give us freely His fleece, that we might make of it a wedding garment; i.e. would leave us an example of life, by which we should be.

St. Thomas Aquinas (catena_aurea_john.txt):

He said not that He made them the sons of God, but gave them power to become the sons of God: showing that there is need of much care, to preserve the image, which is formed by our adoption in Baptism, untarnished: and showing at the same time also that no one can take this power from us, except we rob ourselves of it.

St. Teresa of Avila (book_of_foundations.txt):

From that da forth the nuns of the Incarnation gave no trouble to the prioress, and the abuses of the house were all corrected ; though under the mitigated observance, which was never changed, the nuns lived as if they were under the reform of S.

St. Teresa of Avila (book_of_foundations.txt):

Raeo had ritecmmnanle difficulties with it, and some years after his death the Holy See Aenes. a decree of suppression.

Teresa describes venomous creatures (snakes, lizards) in the outer rooms — these represent disordered attachments and habits that keep us near the entrance. But there's also a "lion" — the enemy who prowls around the gate trying to prevent entry. The good news: once inside, you have the King's protection. The castle IS grace. (Ep 16, 192)

Catechism sources (PD) teaches:

In traveling, for instance, animals give up when exhausted, but man may be dying as he walks, and still, by his strong will-power, force his wearied limbs to move. But you will say, did not the lions in the den into which Daniel was cast.

(Source: baltimore_catechism.txt)

St. Thomas Aquinas teaches:

For He alone and singly is the Lamb without spot, without sin; not because His spots are wiped off; but because He never had a spot. He alone is the Lamb of God, for by His blood alone can men be redeemed. This is the Lamb whom the wolves fear; even the slain Lamb, by whom the lion was slain.

(Source: catena_aurea_john.txt)

Doctrinal Foundation

T2.C.010 (De fide (defined dogma)): The human person is composed of two essential principles: a material body and a spiritual, immortal soul. The rational soul is the substantial form of the body. Each human soul is immediately created by God.

  • Scripture: And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
  • Aquinas: The soul is united to the body as its form. Indeed, the intellectual soul, since it can subsist of itself, is not a form whose being depends on matter.

T2.C.011 (De fide (defined dogma)): The rational soul of each human being is spiritual and immortal. It does not perish with the death of the body but continues to exist and will be reunited with the body at the general resurrection.

  • Scripture: And the dust return into its earth, from whence it was, and the spirit return to God, who gave it.
  • Aquinas: The human soul, which we call the intellectual principle, is incorruptible... The intellectual soul is per se subsistent, and cannot be corrupted.
  • Councils: We condemn and reprobate all who assert that the intellectual soul is mortal... since the soul is not only truly of itself and essentially the form of the human body... but is also immortal.
  • Fathers: The soul is immortal: for it is not the soul that dies, but the body through the departure of the soul.

From the Sources

St. Thomas Aquinas (catena_aurea_john.txt):

For He alone and singly is the Lamb without spot, without sin; not because His spots are wiped off; but because He never had a spot. He alone is the Lamb of God, for by His blood alone can men be redeemed. This is the Lamb whom the wolves fear; even the slain Lamb, by whom the lion was slain. BEDE. The Lamb therefore he calls Him; for that He was about to give us freely His fleece, that we might make of it a wedding garment; i.e. would leave us an example of life, by which we should be.

St. Thomas Aquinas (catena_aurea_john.txt):

He said not that He made them the sons of God, but gave them power to become the sons of God: showing that there is need of much care, to preserve the image, which is formed by our adoption in Baptism, untarnished: and showing at the same time also that no one can take this power from us, except we rob ourselves of it.

St. Teresa of Avila (book_of_foundations.txt):

From that da forth the nuns of the Incarnation gave no trouble to the prioress, and the abuses of the house were all corrected ; though under the mitigated observance, which was never changed, the nuns lived as if they were under the reform of S.

St. Teresa of Avila (book_of_foundations.txt):

Raeo had ritecmmnanle difficulties with it, and some years after his death the Holy See Aenes. a decree of suppression.

Additional Sources

St. John of the Cross (ascent_of_mount_carmel.txt):

In the end our enemies will surround us and say to our great confusion, Art thou he who broke the cords, tore the lions, killed the Philis- tines, carried away the gates, and set thyself free from the hands of thine enemies?

“Dan, ix, 37. + Judges xvi. 21.

|CHAP. XXII. ] OF MOUNT CARMEL. 307

  1. Let me now conclude with the requisite instruction

St. John of the Cross (ascent_of_mount_carmel.txt):

The body is said to have remained long incorrupt.” VI.

Papal authority. It was found more correct to have an

easier rule well kept than an austere one which scarcely anybody could observe. There were, however, some who preferred the old rule and even wished to add to its rigour.

St. Francis de Sales (03_catholic_controversy.txt):

Our Chapter 11. begins with another section from the Annecy MS. We have brought back the chapter On the unity of the Church in headship to its proper place here (c. 3), and relegated the parts on Fathers, and Councils, and the Pope, to their proper places elsewhere.

St. Francis de Sales (03_catholic_controversy.txt):

For in effect, to stand up as preacher of God's Word and pastor of souls, — what is it but to call oneself ambassador.

1 2 The Catholic Controversy, [part i.

and legate of Our Lord, according to that of the Apostle : * We art therefore ambassadors for Christ / And to say that the whole of Christendom has failed, that the whole Church has erred, and all truth dis-

St. Ignatius of Loyola (autobiography_oconor_1900.txt):

After a voyage of five days and nights the vessel in which they set out from Barcelona reached Gaeta, and the pilgrim disembarked and started for Rome, although there was danger there on account of the plague. After reaching the city, he found the gates closed. He spent the night in a damp church, and in the morning sought to enter the city, but could not obtain permission.

St. Ignatius of Loyola (autobiography_oconor_1900.txt):

Then Christ appeared to him, as He had appeared on former occasions. By this vision he was greatly strengthened and consoled. The next morning, filled with new courage, he came to the gate of the city, and although provided with no certificate, entered unquestioned by the guard. In the same way he left the city unquestioned.

Church Fathers (Confessiones_english.txt):

Dom. in Mon. ii. sec. 11) “Enter into thy closet,” of the heart of man. The door is the gate of the senses through which carnal thoughts enter into the mind. We are to shut the door, because the devil (in Ps. cxli. 3) si clausum invenerit transit.

Church Fathers (Confessiones_english.txt):

In the circus were exhibited chariot and foot races, fights on horseback, representations of battles (on which occasion camps were pitched in the circus), and the Grecian athletic sports introduced after the conquest of that country. See also sec. 13, note, below. tioned whether the sect deserved that unmitigated reprobation he pours out upon them in his De Moribus, and in parts of his controversy with Faustus.

Catechism sources (PD) (baltimore_catechism.txt):

In traveling, for instance, animals give up when exhausted, but man may be dying as he walks, and still, by his strong will-power, force his wearied limbs to move. But you will say, did not the lions in the den into which Daniel was cast because he would not act against his conscience, obey the wicked king and offend God--as we read in Holy Scripture (Dan.

Catechism sources (PD) (baltimore_catechism.txt):

His Church--to purchase our redemption from sin. 60 Q. Did God abandon man after he fell into sin? A. God did not abandon man after he fell into sin, but promised him a Redeemer, who was to satisfy for man's sin and reopen to him the gates of Heaven.