The Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius Loyola

The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius Loyola / Translated by Thomas Corbishley S.J / Anthony Clarke Books 1987 / HardcoverA 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 embodied fundamental spiritual principles essential to authentic Christian living.About the Thomas Corbishley was born in Preston in 1903. He entered the Society of Jesus at sixteen years old, 7 September 1919. At Campion Hall in Oxford he gained a double first in Mods and Greats (Latin, Greek and Classics) and in the 1930s published a series of academic articles on aspects of New Testament chronology, with a particular focus on the reign of Quirinius and the time of King Herod.Saint Ignatius of Loyola ( Ignazio Loiolakoa; Ignacio de Loyola; Ignatius de Loyola; c.  23 October 1491 – 31 July 1556) was a Spanish Basque Catholic priest and theologian, who co-founded the religious order called the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and became its first Superior General at Paris in 1541. The Jesuit order served the Pope as missionaries, and they were bound by a fourth vow of special obedience to the