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ОглавлениеTHE TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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The Prologue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | v |
Of the birth and education of Blessed Alcantara | |
and of his entering into religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 17 |
—his natural gifts, and of his prudence and mor- | |
tification of his eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 23 |
—his religious simplicity, and mortification of his | |
eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 25 |
With what austerity and mortification the holy | |
Father lived . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 27 |
Of his great purity and humility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 33 |
—his fervent prayers and raptures, and of his | |
spirit of prophecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 38 |
—his patience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 41 |
—his charity towards his neighbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 43 |
—his poverty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 44 |
A letter of the Blessed Father Fr. Peter de Al- cantara, to the holy Mother Theresa of Jesus, who demanded his counsel, whether, she should found monasteries with rents or no . . . . | |
46 | |
Of his confidence in Almighty God's providence . . | 49 |
—his knowledge in holy Scripture, and of his | |
preaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 55 |
—his religious zeal and of his death . . . . . . . . . . . . | 58 |
—the fruit of prayer and meditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 68 |
—the matter of prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 73 |