Madrid, España
El problema de la genealogía conversa lo vivió con intensa angustia Teresa de Jesús. No solo por el rechazo que manifestaba la sociedad castellana a la minoría judeoconversa, sino sobre todo por el temor a no estar integrada completamente dentro del cuerpo místico de la Iglesia. El afán de demostrar lo contrario, su plena integración tanto en la Iglesia como en la sociedad católica castellana, le llevó a practicar una espiritualidad radical que cuajó en la reforma de su propia Orden. Ahora bien, dicha espiritualidad no encajaba con los intereses políticos-religiosos de las elites dirigentes (cristianos viejos), que construyeron la Monarquía de Felipe II durante la primera mitad de su reinado, sino con la espiritualidad propuesta por Roma tras el concilio de Trento. Para poder realizar su reforma, la Santa tuvo que convencer y persuadir tanto a Roma como al monarca de que sus fundaciones religiosas estaban en la línea de lo que ambos querían. Este «doble juego» lo consiguió con habilidad justamente hasta la hora de su muerte.
The presence of converted Jews in the family history of Teresa of Jesus was experienced by her with intense anxiety. Not merely because of the rejection shown by the Castilian society towards the converted Jews, but above all because of her fear of not being completely integrated into the mystic body of the Church. Her eagerness to show the contrary, her complete integration in both the Church and the Catholic Castilian society, took her to the practice of a radical spirituality, which took shape in the reform of her order. However, this spirituality was not in line with the political religious interests of the elites of Old Christians which directed the Monarchy of Philip II during the first half of his reign, but with the spirituality proposed by Rome after the Council of Trent. To be able to carry out the reform, the Saint had to convince and to persuade both Rome and the monarch that her religious foundations were according to their desires. She was successful in this «double game» just until the moment of her death.
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