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A thorough biography of the founder of the Jesuits and author of the famous Spiritual Exercises (which have formed saints and apostles for centuries). Does not skip his miracles. Describes the founding and structure of the Jesuits and how this remarkable order had an immediate and profound effect on the Christian world. One of the most influential men and one of the most influential orders in all of history. Impr.

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Publié par	TAN Books
Date de parution	01 octobre 1988
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781505103533
Langue	English

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The Life of St. Ignatius of Loyola
Father Genelli
Nihil Obstat: Arthur J. Scanlan, D.D. Censor Librorum Imprimatur: John Cardinal Farley Archbishop of New York New York March 20, 1917
Copyright © 1917 by Benziger Brothers, New York.
Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 88-50847
ISBN: 0-89555-345-7
TAN Books Charlotte, North Carolina www.TANBooks.com
1988
        Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous.
        Teach me to serve Thee as Thou deservest;
        To give and not to count the cost;
        To fight and not to heed the wounds;
        To toil and not to seek for rest;
        To labor and not to seek reward, save that of knowing that I do Thy will, O God.
— St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. Ignatius Loyola. Founder of the Society of Jesus 1491-1556
TABLE OF CONTENTS.

P REFACE OF THE F RENCH T RANSLATOR
T HE A UTHOR'S P REFACE
THE FIRST PART.
CHAPTER I.
The family of St. Ignatius and the Castle of Loyola. His birth—his name in baptism—his education. He is placed at Court, and there forms acquaintance with a lady whose name he does not give. He devotes himself to feats of arms and reading romances of chivalry. In 1517 he takes part for the first time in the war against Navarre. The revolt of the towns—it is suppressed. In 1521 Francis I. renews hostilities. Henry d'Albert conquers Navarre and besieges Pampeluna. The garrison wishes to capitulate, but is prevented by Ignatius, who after a courageous defense is severely wounded. He is treated with honor by the enemy, and sent back to his own country. His health becomes worse – he prepares for death, and is suddenly cured. He undergoes a second operation. The reading of some pious books makes him feel the necessity of choosing between the world and the service of Jesus Christ. He decides on choosing the latter. His desire to please God. The Blessed Virgin appears to him with the Infant Jesus. He thinks of becoming a Carthusian.
CHAPTER II.
Ignatius quits his country, notwithstanding the representations of his elder brother, and departs for Mont Serrat. He meets an unbeliever. He prepares himself in the church of Mont Serrat for his new life. Gives away all he possesses, and takes the habit of a penitent and a pilgrim. He makes acquaintance with Agnes Pasquale, who guides him to Manresa, where he lodges in the hospital. His kind of life. He is judged and treated in different ways by the inhabitants of the place. He serves the poor and sick
CHAPTER III.
The cavern at Manresa to which St. Ignatius retires. He is tempted with vanity and with disgust. Scruples reduce him almost to despair. The useless means he employs against them. He has recourse to obedience, and his doubts disappear. His interior lights and consolations.—He has for his only guide experience and the hand of God. The demon appears to him under the form of a serpent. After which he receives celestial light, discovering to him the secrets of faith and of nature. Frequent apparitions of Christ Our Lord. He has an ecstasy of nine days, during which he receives revelations concerning the founding of the Society of Jesus. His sickness determines him to moderate his austerities. He composes the book of the Exercises in the cave of Manresa. He instructs the faithful in the interior life. He seeks for disciples. Reasons which make him quit Manresa
CHAPTER IV.
He arrives at Barcelona. He makes acquaintance with Elizabeth Roser, who sees in the church his head encircled with light. He obtains a free passage upon a ship which leaves for Italy, and begs the provisions necessary for the voyage. He arrives in five days at Gaeta, whence he goes on foot to Rome with some other pilgrims. He saves a young girl's honor. His exhaustion, and the fear which the people of the country have of the plague, cause him many difficulties. He obtains at Rome a passport for Jerusalem, and receives the Pope's benediction. His journey to Venice, and his suffering in it. The Senator Trevisani takes him to his house, which St. Ignatius soon leaves. He obtains from the Doge free passage to Syria. He embarks while sick of fever. He escapes the plot of the crew against him. He arrives at Joppa. His entrance into Jerusalem
CHAPTER V.
Ignatius wishes to found a society at Jerusalem for the conversion of the East. The opposition of the Franciscans hinders him from staying there. He submits to the representations of the Provincial. He visits the Mount of Olives alone—is brought back by force to the convent. He quits Jerusalem, and embarks for Venice, where he arrives at the beginning of 1524, after many dangers and delays. He decides upon acquiring the instruction he is in want of and upon embracing the ecclesiastical state. He returns to Spain. At Ferrara he distributes all his money to the poor, and traverses Lombardy, begging his way amid the armies of the belligerents. He is arrested as a spy in both camps. He embarks at Genoa
CHAPTER VI.
Ignatius goes from Barcelona to Manresa to commence his studies there with a Cistercian monk whom he knew. He finds him no longer alive, and returns to Barcelona, where he attends the public school. He moderates his piety, which was an obstacle to his study. He reforms a convent of Nuns by his Exercises, and thus draws upon himself the hatred and ill-treatment of a person whom he interfered with. He falls sick of the blows received. The interest shown in him. He continues the good work he had begun, and converts the man who had beaten him. He resuscitates a man who had hanged himself. Many disciples join him. He goes, at the end of two years, to Alcala. The remembrance of him is kept at Barcelona. He and his disciples wear a particular dress, and live on alms. The care he takes of his neighbor's good. He converts a canon
CHAPTER VII.
Ignatius becomes suspected by the Inquisition—they proceed against him secretly. He is obliged to appear before the Vicar, who orders him and his disciples also to change their costume. The following year, 1527, there is a new inquest—he is put in prison as guilty of having favored the escape of two ladies of distinction. He receives many visits in prison. The Tribunal declares him innocent, but forbids him to teach religion and to preach until he has completed his studies. Punishment of a gentleman who had publicly wronged him. Ignatius goes to Salamanca, where he begins to exercise his zeal. But the Dominicans have him and his companions put into prison. The interest which is taken in him. The Bishop's Vicar directs the inquiry. His Book of Exercises is examined. What took place in his prison. They are declared innocent with regard to faith and morals, but are forbidden to treat of the difference between venial and mortal sin. Ignatius decides on leaving his companions, to go to continue his studies at Paris. He passes through Barcelona.
CHAPTER VIII.
He finds more advantage at Paris for the accomplishment of his designs. Letters written by him from that city. He is delayed in his studies by his poverty, and thinks of making himself servant to a professor. His journeys to the Low Countries and to London. He finds there resources for himself and for others. The University of Paris. He studies a year and a half rhetoric, three years and a half philosophy, in which he takes his degrees, and a year and a half theology, but does not finish it at Paris. Difficulties he has to overcome
CHAPTER IX.
Ignatius foretells distinctly the foundation of the Society of Jesus. His three disciples at Paris abandon him. Opposition of his fellow-countrymen, who accuse him of sorcery, and denounce him to the Inquisition, while he is absent at the sick-bed of a man who had stolen his money. The judge does not receive the complaint. Ignatius brings a great number of students to a more Christian life. The Council of the University sentences him on that account to a chastisement in penalty. He convinces the rector of the College, Govéa, of the injustice of the sentence passed on him. Public retractation on the part of Govéa. Remarkable conversions. Peter Faber is the first companion who remains faithful to him. Ignatius forms him to piety
CHAPTER X.
The Exercises. Their idea. Man learns in them, by prayer and meditation, to know his end and the will of God in his regard. They have greatly contributed to develop the spirit of the Gospel. Their object is to show every one how he can obtain his end both in time and in eternity. The means which they prescribe assist in the purification of the heart, the enlightenment of the understanding, and the submission of the will. The first week: meditations on the end of man, on sin, and the punishments of sin. Second and third weeks: of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, mysteries of the life and death of Our Saviour, the two standards, the three classes of men, and the three degrees of humility. Fourth week: mysteries of Christ from His resurrection to His ascension. Last, meditation on charity. The Exercises have given birth to the Society, and it rests upon them.
CHAPTER XI.
Effect produced by the Exercises on Faber. Francis Xavier at first avoids Ignatius—seeks for glory by means of learning. How Ignatius gains him. Attempt to assassinate the Saint. He gains Laynez, Salmeron, Bobadilla, and Rodriguez. In the month of July, 1534, they all meet for the first time, and Ignatius communicates to them the design he has of founding a Society for the conversion of the East. They take the resolution of putting themselves at the disposal of the Pope in case of hindrance. On the 15th of August they pronounce their vows at Montmartre. Their kind of life—the esteem they enjoy. Three other companions join them. Amiable qualities of Ignatius—his zeal for others. He returns into his country for his health. He is denounced to the Inquisition of Paris. His Book of Exercises is again examined and declared irreproachable, as well as himself and his companions
CHAPTER XII.
He is received with great honor at Aspeyt