Letter by Sor Filotea de la Cruz1
Translated by William Little©
Santa Fe College (2008)
My Lady,
I have seen the letter of yours in which you impugn the gracious gifts of Christ as the
Reverend Father Antonio de Vieira expounded on them in his Maundy Thursday sermon. Fr.
Vieira's exposition was so exquisite that the finest scholars opined that such a singularly talented
mind—like a new Eagle of the Apocalypse2—had risen above itself by following the
groundwork laid out previously by the most…
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