[1]. See Inner Fortress, vi. 7, § 4.
[2]. This opinion is supposed to be justified by the words of St. Thomas, 3 Sent. dist. 22, qu. 3, art. 1, ad quintum. "Corporalis præsentia Christi in duobus poterat esse nociva. Primo, quantum ad fidem, quia videntes Eum in forma in qua erat minor Patre, non ita de facili crederent Eum æqualem Patri, ut dicit glossa super Joannem. Secundo, quantum ad dilectionem, quia Eum non solum spiritualiter, sed etiam carnaliter diligeremus, conversantes cum Ipso corporaliter, et hoc est de imperfectione dilectionis."
[3]. St. John xvi. 7: "Expedit vobis ut Ego vadam; si enim non abiero, Paracletus non veniet ad vos."
[4]. This sentence is in the margin of the original MS., not in the text, but in the handwriting of the Saint (De la Fuente).
[5]. "I mean by lately . . . and visions" is in the margin of the MS., but in the handwriting of the Saint (De la Fuente).
[7]. St. Matt. iii. 17: "Hic est Filius Meus dilectus, in quo Mihi complacui."
[8]. St. John x. 7, 9: "Ego sum ostium."
[9]. See St. John of the Cross, Mount Carmel, bk. iii. ch. i. p. 212.