The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius

by Ignatius, John F. Thornton (Editor), Avery Dulles (Preface by), Louis J. Puhl (Translator)

Overview

A classic Christian text from the founder of the Jesuit Order.

The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola is the core work of religious formation for members of the Society of Jesus, the single largest religious order within the Roman Catholic Church. For four and a half centuries  in many thousands of editions in all languages, The Exercises have embodied fundamental spiritual principles essential to authentic Christian living.

The mystical insight informing Ignatius's own relationship with God—which he distilled in The Exercises—is that the divine love of God is providentially present in all the details of our existence. Here Ignatius shows how the faithful can be joined to God in all things, according to the Jesuit motto, Ad majorem Dei gloriam, "For the greater glory of God."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780375724923
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/19/2000
Edition description:	1ST
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	1,020,388
Product dimensions:	5.23(w) x 7.94(h) x 0.52(d)

About the Author

SAINT IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA, born in 1491, was a Spanish theologian and one of the most influential figures in the Catholic Reformation of the 16th century. He founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) before his death in 1556.