Regarding the Terms of Use
( Jan 30, 2010)
[ See also Addendum at bottom of page]
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Regarding "The Life", "The Relations",
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TERMS OF USE
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Introduction
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The Book Chapters are derived from:
Regarding "The Life", "The Relations", and "The Way of Perfection":
They have been made available by and with permission
from CCEL, The Christian Classics Ethereal Library
from their text ( .txt ) version.
[See their TERMS of USE and COPYRIGHT policy at http://www.ccel.org/about/copyright.html]
The Book of the Foundations was made available by www.archive.org.
[See their TERMS of USE and COPYRIGHT policy]
A Discussion blog page often follows each book text chapter.
Each Discussion blog page consist
of sample questions and answers or summaries
arranged by the Author, Student Self-Study,
which largely consists of extracted quotations
from the book text's respective chapter.
The intent of the Discussion pages' sample question and answers or discussions is to:
aid recall of the text,
highlight the topics,
arrange or assemble similar textual items into one group, or to
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The Author is not an expert or teacher.
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Regarding "The Life", "The Relations", and "The Way of Perfection":
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Addendum:
• Added 11/30/11
Blog Content:
The Book Chapters are also derived
from the following source:
"On Loving God"
by Bernard of Clairvaux
• Added 12/05/11
Blog Content:
The Book Chapters are also derived
from the following source:
"The Interior Castle" or "The Mansions"
by St. Teresa of Avila
which have been made available by
CCEL, The Christian Classics Ethereal Library,
from their text ( .txt ) version.
[See their TERMS of USE and COPYRIGHT
policy at
• Added 5/29/12
Blog Content:
"Conceptions Of The Love Of God"
These Book Chapters are derived
from the following source:
'The Minor Works Of St. Teresa
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