Jesuits
"The word "spirituality" can designate many objects. First, it can mean the personal interior life of a man, or the thoughts on which that life is more habitually nourished, or forms of prayer, or various practices, or special graces which sustain and develop that life. Second, the word can signify that manner of directing others which this or that person employs his ministry, the principles he teaches, the means of training he employs, and the particular goals he points out or suggests. Third and last, the word often means the spiritual doctrine formulated in the person's writings, or the doctrinal synthesis of matters pertaining to the spiritual life he expounded, insinuated, or took for granted in his writings, or at least we can draw from his pages." This is a quote from Father Joseph de Guibert in his book, The Jesuits; Their Spiritual Doctrine and Practice. It is a strong quote because it explains the three terms which the author feels determine spirituality. First he offers the definition of spirituality as being the practice and prayer. Next he states that spirituality is also defines the importance of an individual who carries a strong belief to spread the words of spirituality. Then finally he describes the word
De Guibert, Joseph. The Jesuits Their Spiritual Doctrine and Practice. 3rd ed. St. Louis: 1) Do you thin that the three steps described as steps of spirituality are important in all religions. Foss, Michael. The Founding of the Jesuits. New York: Weybright and Talley, Inc., 1969 The Jesuit religion is a form of the catholic religion. It was formed by a man by the name if Ignatius Loyola, who believed in spreading his knowledge that he gained from his own experiences. St. Ignatius was a free spirit until the age of thirty when he decided to convert to a life of sanctity. At this point he began to preach the beliefs by telling on the many experiences that he had incurred. "He had a vision of the Blessed Virgin which he judged by its effects and thought it to be "something of God" It gave to him as a convert a disgust for his past life, especially in the things of such things was wiped out of mind." (De Guibert 22) Ignatius Loyola began DeGuibert's first step of spirituality, he began to speak and lead prayer on the behalf on the Society of Jesus. Molloy, Michael. Experiencing the World's Religions: Tradition, Challenge, and Change.
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