Santa Teresa tell us how she reads the Bible

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Saint Teresa, Sacred Scripture, meditation and contemplation of the God’s Word, spiritual accompaniment, spiritual journey, Biblical characters, Mystical experience and Bible

Abstract

The aim of this article is to show, with the help of the works of St. Teresa, her passion for the Scripture, the indissoluble link there is between the Word of God and her own experience. Her writings express equally the power of the Word of God in her life. Scripture nourishes her prayer and illuminates her existence and all her spiritual experiences, and these, in turn, enrich the intelligence of the Word. Teresa deeply penetrates the sense of Scripture. Her interpretation is born of experience. It is an existential exegesis, which states that the Word is alive and active in life. With the words of Scripture, Teresa expresses her own deep experience of God and with the Scripture she enters profoundly in the ways of love. She feels too the urgency to communicate the truth of her experience and she encourages others to drink at the well of Scripture, because in it they will meet Christ.

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Author Biography

  • Elisa Estévez López, Comillas Pontifical University

    La profesora Elisa Estévez López es Doctora en Teología por la Universidad de Deusto (Bilbao) y Licenciada en Ciencias Bíblicas por el Pontificio Instituto Bíblico de Roma. En el año 1997 comenzó su docencia en la Facultad de Teología de la Universidad Pontificia Comillas, donde ha enseñado Sagrada Escritura. Actualmente imparte las asignaturas de: Pentateuco y Libros Históricos, Hebreo, distintos cursos monográficos en la Especialidad de Sagrada Escritura de dicha Facultad, y en el pos-grado de Especialista en Espiritualidad Bíblica.

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How to Cite

“Santa Teresa Tell Us How She Reads the Bible”. Estudios Eclesiásticos. Revista de investigación e información teológica y canónica 91, no. 357 (September 23, 2016): 255–291. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://revistas.comillas.edu/estudioseclesiasticos/article/view/7010.