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A reissue of a classic of the 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
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Paperback, 224 pages
Published December 19th 2000 by Vintage (first published 1548)
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Marius
Citind „Cronică de familie”, vol.2” mi-am adus aminte că am răsfoit mai demult „Exerciţiile Spirituale” ale sfântului Ignaţiu de Loyola. Doar că nu le-am practicat.

În „Cronică de familie” un anume profesor de filosofie, Fănică Niculescu (de fapt Nae Ionescu) îi recomandă personajului Şerban Romano cartea „Exerciţii Spirituale”, adăugând:

Aici e metoda ca din mintea şi voinţa ta să se facă o armă de oţel care poate fi distrusă, dar nu învinsă. Cărţulia asta a salvat Biserica Romană, şi poate Europ
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Saint Ignatius of Loyola was the principal founder and first Superior General of the Society of Jesus. The compiler of the Spiritual Exercises, Ignatius was described by Pope Benedict XVI as being above all a man of God, who gave the first place of his life to God, and a man of profound prayer. He was very active in fighting the Protestant Reformation and promoting the subsequent counter-reformati ...more

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