The CDL is easy to use for research, leading a class, preparing homework, or presenting a lecture on the writings and teachings of Teresa and John. You can copy and paste the text into another document, save favorite passages, see related scripture texts, compare with the Peers translation, view the original Spanish text, and print out multiple copies of a passage. Included works:


St. Teresa of Avila
• The Book of Her Life
• Spiritual Testimonies
• Soliloquies
• The Way of Perfection
• Meditations on the Song of Songs
• Interior Castle
• The Book of Her Foundations
• The Constitutions
• On Making the Visitation
• A Satirical Critique
• Response to a Spiritual Challenge
• Poetry
• Letters

St. John of the Cross
• Poetry
• The Sayings of Light and Love
• The Ascent of Mount Carmel
• The Dark Night
• The Spiritual Canticle
• The Living Flame of Love
• Special Counsels


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Carmelite Digital Library Features

St. Teresa of Avila (Source Texts)

  • Saint Teresa of Avila Collected Works (3 Volumes) Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD and Otilio Rodriguez, OCD

  • The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila (2 Volumes) Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD and Otilio Rodriguez, OCD

  • The Complete Works of Saint Teresa of Jesus (3 Volumes) Translated and edited by E. Allison Peers

  • The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus (2 Volumes) Translated by E. Allison Peers

  • Obras Completas de Santa Teresa de Jesus

  • Douay Rheims Bible (the English Bible closest to that which St. Teresa and St. John would be familiar)


St. John of the Cross (Source Texts):

  • St. John of the Cross: The Collected Works of St. John on the Cross Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD and Otilio Rodriguez, OCD

  • The Complete Works of Saint John of the Cross in Three Volumes Translated and edited by E. Allison Peers

  • Orbas completas de San Juan de la Cruz

  • Douay Rheims Bible (the English Bible closest to that which St. Teresa and St. John would be familiar)

The texts include all the footnotes and they are linked for easy navigation from the text to the footnotes and back. The text is also annotated with links to corresponding text in the other translation or the Spanish for easy comparison.


Searching

  • Every word is searchable

  • Flexible and powerful search syntax

  • Search with and without synonyms and diacritical marks

  • Search an entire document and all the footnotes or only search the text or just the footnotes

  • Search predefined groups of books or create your own booklist


User Interface

  • Flexible layout that the user can set up

  • Uses a tabbed display

  • Printing support

  • Bookmark support

  • User-defined preferences


It is available in both PC and Mac format.

THIS DIGITAL DOWNLOAD IS FOR PCs! (Windows Operating System)


Carmelite Digital Library Requirements

The Carmelite Digital Library runs on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.

The operating system requirements are:

Microsoft Windows: THIS DIGITAL DOWNLOAD IS FOR A PC!

DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS FOR PC HERE

If you have a MAC, please click here.

  • Windows 2000

  • Windows Server 2003

  • Windows Server 2008 R2

  • Windows XP

  • Windows Vista

  • Windows 7

  • Windows 8

  • Windows 10

  • Windows 11


IF YOU HAVE A MAC, PURCHASE THE MAC VERSION, NOT THIS ONE!

MAC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

macOS:

macOS X: Intel-based machine running Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5.x) or later with a 64-bit CPU.

Special Notes:

  1. Most macOS machines manufactured since 2008 have 64-bit CPUs. To tell if your Intel-based Mac has a 32-bit or 64-bit processor see the article, "How to tell if your Intel-based Mac has a 32-bit or 64-bit processor" at the Apple support website: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT3696.

  2. The CDL has NOT been tested on the new machines with the new Mac M1 chip.