St Teresa of Avila

• how many ways does St Teresa of Avila believe religious experience can be tested?

  she believes there are three ways
• what are the three ways that religious experience can be tested?

  1. If the visions leave the person with the kinds of feelings we would expect from God
  2. if the experience fits with the teachings of the church
  3. if we see a genuine change in character for the good
• "A harvest of ineffiable spiritual riches, and an admirable renewal of bodily strength"
• "this improvement, palpable in all respects, far from being hidden, was brilliantly evident to all men"
• Regarded as a mystic
• Had a series of visions when she was 39
• Was told that her visions were psychologically driven sexually
• Believed that exisiting traditions are the test of experiences, not he other way around