praising Sor Juana’s talents but reprimanding her for dedicating so much time to studying and writing on secular rather than sacred subjects. Sor Filotea, or “Lover of God,” was not a nun but a pseudonym that permitted the true author of the prologue, the bishop of Puebla, Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz (1637–1699), to communicate his reprimand as sisterly advice from one nun to another.
