Personal writings
Subtitle: reminiscences, spiritual diary, select letters including the text of The spiritual exercises
By: Saint Ignatius of Loyola ; translated with introductions and notes by Joseph A. Munitiz and Philip Endean.
Contributors: Ignatius, of Loyola, Saint, 1491-1556.; Munitiz, Joseph A.; Endean, Philip, 1954-
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1996
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 413
Subjects: Ignatius, of Loyola, Saint, 1491-1556.; Christian saints -- Spain -- Biography.; Spiritual exercises -- Early works to 1800.
Description: "St. Ignatius of Loyola (c. 1491-1556), founder of the revolutionary Jesuit Order, is one of the key figures in Christian history. These Personal Writings reveal the intense inwardness and devotional depths of the private man." "His Reminiscences give a vivid account of his conversion and psychological turmoil, of his pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and of the years of study and controversy in Spain and Paris leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus. The immensely influential Spiritual Exercises offer guidelines for helping people discover God in their lives, coming to terms with their flaws, and making choices about their future. In the Spiritual Diary Ignatius shows himself drawing on these methods to work through a period of crisis." "All these major works have been included in this volume, along with forty letters specially selected by the editors. Together with the Preface, Introduction to each text and detailed notes, they make one of the greatest of religious characters freshly available to modern readers."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [xix]-xxii) and index.