{"product_id":"personal-writings-penguin-classics-s-9780140433852","title":"Personal Writings Penguin Classics S","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe writings of a major Christian thinker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the key figures in Christian history, St. Ignatius of Loyola (c. 1491-1556) was a passionate and unique spiritual thinker and visionary. The works gathered here provide a first-hand, personal introduction to this remarkable character: a man who turned away from the Spanish nobility to create the revolutionary Jesuit Order, inspired by the desire to help people follow Christ. His \u003ci\u003eReminiscences\u003c\/i\u003e describe his early life, his religious conversion following near-paralysis in battle, and his spiritual and physical ordeals as he struggled to assist those in need, including plague, persecution and imprisonment.\u003ci\u003e The Spiritual Exercises\u003c\/i\u003e offer guidelines to those seeking the will of God, and the \u003ci\u003eSpiritual Diary \u003c\/i\u003eshows Ignatius in daily mystical contact with God during a personal struggle. The Letters collected here provide an insight into Ignatius' ceaseless campaign to assist those seeking enlightenment and to dire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReminiscences (Autobiography)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Loyola\u003cbr\u003e2. To Manresa via Montserrat\u003cbr\u003e3. The Pilgrimage to Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003e4. Studies and Conflicts in Spain\u003cbr\u003e5. Paris\u003cbr\u003e6. Interlude at Home\u003cbr\u003e7. Italy\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue by Gonçalves da Câmara\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Spiritual Diary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003ePros and Cons in an election on poverty\u003cbr\u003eThe Spiritual Diary:\u003cbr\u003ePart I\u003cbr\u003ePart II\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelect Letters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1 [1]* Advice to a good woman (Inés Pascual 1524)\u003cbr\u003e2 [3] Dealings with brother and nephew (1532)\u003cbr\u003e3 [4] Comfort among calamities (Isabel Roser 1532)\u003cbr\u003e4 [7] Steps in discernment (Teresa Rejadell 1536)\u003cbr\u003e5 [8] Prayer made easy (Teresa Rejadell 1536)\u003cbr\u003e6 [10] In praise of \u003ci\u003eThe Spiritual Exercises\u003c\/i\u003e (Fr Miona 1536)\u003cbr\u003e7 [11] Blueprint for a religious order (Mgr Carafa 1536)\u003cbr\u003e8 [XII, app.] Early years in Italy (1536-37)\u003cbr\u003e9 [17] Thanks for support (Mgr Contarini 1538)\u003cbr\u003e10 [18] Roman trials and tribulations (1538)\u003cbr\u003e11 [52] Benighted obedience (Fr Viola 1542)\u003cbr\u003e12 [79] Vocation doubts ofa young man (1544)\u003cbr\u003e13 [101] Borgia's early steps (1545)\u003cbr\u003e14 [123] Conduct at Trent (1546)\u003cbr\u003e15 [149] Refusing episcopal dignities (1546)\u003cbr\u003e16 [169] Ideals for newcomers (Coimbra 1547)\u003cbr\u003e17 [182] Need for structures of government (Gandia 1547)\u003cbr\u003e18 [186] Experience of poverty (Padua 1547)\u003cbr\u003e19 [234] En route to the \u003ci\u003eConstitutions\u003c\/i\u003e (Louvain 1547)\u003cbr\u003e20 [243] Defining obedience as an ideal (Coimbra 1548)\u003cbr\u003e21 [466] Developments in the spiritual life (Borgia 1548)\u003cbr\u003e22 [790] Dealing with a radical crisis (Borgia 1549)\u003cbr\u003e23 [XII, app.] On prophecies and revelations (Gandia 1549)\u003cbr\u003e24 [XII, app.] Spreading God's word in a German university (1549)\u003cbr\u003e25 [958] Placating a parent over a son's vocation (1549)\u003cbr\u003e26 [1554] Letter of resignation (1551)\u003cbr\u003e27 [1587] Consoling a sister on her brother's death (1551)\u003cbr\u003e28 [2652] Refusing a Cardinal's hat (Borgia 1552)\u003cbr\u003e29 [3107] Students experiencing poverty (1552)\u003cbr\u003e30 [3220] Agreeing to be royal confessors (1553)\u003cbr\u003e31 [3304] The final word on obedience (1553)\u003cbr\u003e32 [3305] The last call to Francis Xavier (Japan 1553)\u003cbr\u003e33 [4184] Criteria in the choice of parish work (1554)\u003cbr\u003e34 [5256] Financial worries (1555)\u003cbr\u003e35 [5400] Norms for dealing with Superiors (1555)\u003cbr\u003e36 [5471] The Society and the Inquisition (1555)\u003cbr\u003e37 [XII, app.] Catechizing the sign of the cross\u003cbr\u003e38 [6087] Consoling the mother of a student (1556)\u003cbr\u003e39 [6454] Norms for food in Louvain (1556)\u003cbr\u003e40 [6677] Reacting to obstacles in Zaragoza (1556)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Spiritual Exercises\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eAnnotations\u003cbr\u003eFirst Week:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrinciple and Foundation\u003cbr\u003eParticular Daily Examen\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Examen\u003cbr\u003eFirst-Fourth Exercise: on sins\u003cbr\u003eFifth Exercise: on hell\u003cbr\u003eAdditions\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eSecond Week:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe call of the king\u003cbr\u003eFirst Day:\u003cbr\u003eFirst Contemplation: on the Incarnation\u003cbr\u003eSecond Contemplation: on the Nativity\u003cbr\u003eFifth Contemplation: use of the senses\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eFourth Day:\u003cbr\u003eMeditation on Two Standards\u003cbr\u003eMeditation on three classes of persons\u003cbr\u003eThree kinds of humility\u003cbr\u003eElections\u003cbr\u003ePreambles\u003cbr\u003eThree Times, and Two Ways in the Third Time\u003cbr\u003eFor amendment and reform of one's personal life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThird Week:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRules as regards eating\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFourth Week:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdditional Material:\u003cbr\u003eContemplation for attaining loveThree Ways of praying\u003cbr\u003eThe Mysteries of the life of Christ Our Lord\u003cbr\u003eRules to understand movements in the soul: First Week; Second Week\u003cbr\u003eRules for alms-giving\u003cbr\u003eNotes for the understanding of scruples\u003cbr\u003eRules for a true attitude of mind within the Church\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Text of Prayers mentioned in \u003ci\u003eThe Spiritual Exercises\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e*Numbers in square brackets are those of the letters in the MHSI edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732365521239,"sku":"9780140433852","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780140433852.jpg?v=1719996571","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/personal-writings-penguin-classics-s-9780140433852","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}