num_pages: 624
description: A book about Jesuit origins, this text studies an early document ghost-written for Pope Paul III by one of the first Jesuits. This document--recently rediscovered in the Vatican archives and never-before-published--clearly reveals how the first Jesuits understood themselves and their order. It goes beyond commentary on a single document. It situates early Jesuit decisions in the ferment of the Reformation, bringing in key people--popes, cardinals, early Jesuits and other religious leaders, the saints and the strugglers.
language: English
title: Impelling Spirit: Revisiting a Founding Experience: 1539, Iqnatius of Loyola and His Companions
titlecomplete: Impelling Spirit: Revisiting a Founding Experience: 1539, Iqnatius of Loyola and His Companions
genres: Spirituality
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Loyola Press