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Podemos afirmar com segurança que o mesmo Espírito que ilumina e guia os autores bíblicos é o mesmo que conduz os escritores e também se comunica, no ato de transmitir aos demais as graças que lhes são concedidas. E o Deus que se lhes comunica guia-os para que se exprimam biblicamente, com forte ressonância do que “ouvem” e “leem” na Bíblia. Como o nosso estudo quer mostrar, Teresa é um caso típico desta busca e sintonia com a palavra das Escrituras, pois “não queria [falar de si mesma] mas saber se em tudo estava conforme à Sagrada Escritura” (CC 53). Lamentando que a Igreja do seu tempo proibisse o povo simples de ler a Bíblia, Teresa lamenta que: “também as mulheres fiquem tão longe de gozar as riquezas do Senhor” (Mc 1,8). E, desafiando todos os perigos, põe-se a escrever para mulheres suas “meditações” sobre o Cântico dos Cânticos. Além disso, fundamenta a sua doutrina sobre a oração-amizade,
sua teologia e antropologia, sobre Pai Nosso, compêndio das Escrituras, “o livro que não nos poderão tirar”, diz, criticando a Igreja hierárquica masculina. Ora, como diz Teresa, a compreensão da Escritura é obra do amor, pois nela nos é revelado o amor de Deus pela humanidade.
We may safely say that the Spirit that illumines and guides Biblical authors is the same as leads writers to communicate to others the blessings that they have received. And the God that communicates to them guides them to express themselves biblically, with strong resonances of what they hear and read in the Bible. As this study tries to show, Teresa is a typical case of this search and syntony with the word of the Scriptures, for “she did not wish [to speak of herself] but to know if in all she did she was in accordance with the Holy Scripture” (CC 53,). Lamenting that the Church of her time forbade ordinary people to read the Bible, Teresa lamented that “women too remain so far from enjoying the riches of the Lord” (Mk 1,8). And, defying all dangers, she set herself to write her “meditations” on the Song of Songs for women. Furthermore, she founded her doctrine on friendship-prayer, her theology and anthropology, on the Lord’s Prayer, compendium of the Scriptures, “the book they cannot take away from us”, she says, criticising the masculine hierarchical Church. Now, as Teresa says, understanding Scripture is a labour of love, for in it God’s love towards humanity is revealed to us.
We may safely say that the Spirit that illumines and guides Biblical authors is the same as leads writers to communicate to others the blessings that they have received. And the God that communicates to them guides them to express themselves biblically, with strong resonances of what they hear and read in the Bible. As this study tries to show, Teresa is a typical case of this search and syntony with the word of the Scriptures, for “she did not wish [to speak of herself] but to know if in all she did she was in accordance with the Holy Scripture” (CC 53,). Lamenting that the Church of her time forbade ordinary people to read the Bible, Teresa lamented that “women too remain so far from enjoying the riches of the Lord” (Mk 1,8). And, defying all dangers, she set herself to write her “meditations” on the Song of Songs for women. Furthermore, she founded her doctrine on friendship-prayer, her theology and anthropology, on the Lord’s Prayer, compendium of the Scriptures, “the book they cannot take away from us”, she says, criticising the masculine hierarchical Church. Now, as Teresa says, understanding Scripture is a labour of love, for in it God’s love towards humanity is revealed to us.
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Teresa de Jesus Escrituras Palavra Mulher Igreja Pai Nosso Teresa de Jesus Scripture The Word Woman Church Lord’s Prayer
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HERRÁIZ GARCÍA, Maximiliano – Teresa de Jesus, icono bíblico. Didaskalia. Lisboa. ISSN 0253-1674. 45:2 (2015) 283-299.
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Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Faculdade de Teologia