As the British historian Simon Ditchfield pointed out some years ago, in early modern Europe, people used the saints in various ways to fulfill a variety of cultural roles. Following this path, the present article proposes to observe one of the possible ways in which devotees used saints: the construction of a past for a new religious family, the Discalced Carmelites. Specifically, Tomás Sánchez Dávila (1564-1627) engaged in a Carmelite attempt to create a history both universal and specific by presenting Teresa of Ávila (1515-82) as a sign and proof of divine action and by connecting a past of biblical-millenary dimensions with more recent times, thus projecting the Order into a distant past. Thus, the historia sacra acquires a transformin...
Sainthood and paths of perfection among Middle-Eastern Christians (17th-18th centuries) This might...
This article studies the biography of the brother Fray Pablo de Santa María by Fray Jerónimo Moreno ...
Rich research legacy of Carmelite Father Bienignus Wanat, an art history professor, is the motivatio...
The present article examines the attempt to write a historia sacra by the Discalced Carmelite Tomás ...
Spanish mysticism constitutes an indispensable chapter in the history of Christian mysticism. Two 16...
El presente trabajo tiene como propósito reconstruir el perfil de santidad del fraile carmelita que ...
After explaining the religious and historical dimension of sainthood, this article focuses on the im...
Teresa de Ávila was proclaimed Saint Patron of Spain in 1618, 1627 and 1812, but not for long. Saint...
Resum: Teresa de Jesús, la fundadora del Carmel descalç, fou una dona instruïda, voraç lectora i una...
The present article aims to analyze the development of the carmelite constitutions of Strict Observ...
The medieval Carmelites, without the usual charismatic founder of a religious movement, quickly adop...
Introduction: The Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel were a religious order of Roman Catholic herm...
Less known than saint Teresa of Avila or saint Ignatius of Loyola, the study of saint Thomas of Vill...
This article describes the stages in the canonization process of St. Teresa of Ávila (Teresa de Jesú...
This article analyzes the lives of two saints that Middle Ages represented as apostles and preachers...
Sainthood and paths of perfection among Middle-Eastern Christians (17th-18th centuries) This might...
This article studies the biography of the brother Fray Pablo de Santa María by Fray Jerónimo Moreno ...
Rich research legacy of Carmelite Father Bienignus Wanat, an art history professor, is the motivatio...
The present article examines the attempt to write a historia sacra by the Discalced Carmelite Tomás ...
Spanish mysticism constitutes an indispensable chapter in the history of Christian mysticism. Two 16...
El presente trabajo tiene como propósito reconstruir el perfil de santidad del fraile carmelita que ...
After explaining the religious and historical dimension of sainthood, this article focuses on the im...
Teresa de Ávila was proclaimed Saint Patron of Spain in 1618, 1627 and 1812, but not for long. Saint...
Resum: Teresa de Jesús, la fundadora del Carmel descalç, fou una dona instruïda, voraç lectora i una...
The present article aims to analyze the development of the carmelite constitutions of Strict Observ...
The medieval Carmelites, without the usual charismatic founder of a religious movement, quickly adop...
Introduction: The Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel were a religious order of Roman Catholic herm...
Less known than saint Teresa of Avila or saint Ignatius of Loyola, the study of saint Thomas of Vill...
This article describes the stages in the canonization process of St. Teresa of Ávila (Teresa de Jesú...
This article analyzes the lives of two saints that Middle Ages represented as apostles and preachers...
Sainthood and paths of perfection among Middle-Eastern Christians (17th-18th centuries) This might...
This article studies the biography of the brother Fray Pablo de Santa María by Fray Jerónimo Moreno ...
Rich research legacy of Carmelite Father Bienignus Wanat, an art history professor, is the motivatio...