{"product_id":"personal-writings-isbn-9780140433852","title":"Personal Writings","description":"\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 direct the young Society of Jesus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.Preface\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\u003cb\u003eIgnatius Loyola\u003c\/b\u003e (1491-1556) was trained as a page at the court of Castile. Wounded at the siege of Pamplona in 1521, he underwent a deep conversion, eventually travelling to Jerusalem and beginning to study. He attracted like-minded students and in 1534 they took vows and formed the 'Society of Jesus', popularly known as the Jesuits. From 1540 he was elected Superior General and lived in Rome, organising the astonishing spread of the Jesuits. He was canonized in 1622.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302242341093,"sku":"NP9780140433852","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140433852.jpg?v=1767734681","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/personal-writings-isbn-9780140433852","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}