The spiritual exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola : : contexts, sources, reception / / by Terence O'Reilly.

• Superior document: Jesuit Studies ; 31
• VerfasserIn: O'Reilly, Terence
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Jesuit Studies ; 31.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Other title: Copyright Page /; Dedication /; Foreword /; Preface /; Acknowledgements /; Illustrations /; Part 1 Contexts /; Chapter 1 Ignatius Loyola and the Counter-Reformation: The Hagiographic Tradition /; Chapter 2 Ignatius Loyola and Martin Luther: The Origins of the Spiritual Exercises in Spain /; Chapter 3 Saint Ignatius Loyola and Spanish Erasmianism /; Chapter 4 The Spiritual Exercises and Illuminism in Spain: Dominican Critics of the Early Society of Jesus /; Part 2 Sources /; Chapter 5 Early Printed Books in Spain and the Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola /; Chapter 6 The Origins of the Rules for Discernment /; Chapter 7 Consolation without a Preceding Cause /; Chapter 8 Fear and Love in the Spiritual Exercises /; Part 3 Reception /; Chapter 9 Joseph Veale and the History of the Spiritual Exercises /; Chapter 10 Melchor Cano and The Spirituality of St. Ignatius Loyola: The Censura y parecer contra el Instituto de los Padres Jesuitas /; Chapter 11 Saint Teresa and Her First Jesuit Confessors /; Chapter 12 The Spiritual Exercises and the Diario espiritual of St. Ignatius /; -- Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004429751
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Terence O'Reilly.

In The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius Loyola: Contexts, Sources, Reception, Terence OReilly examines the historical, theological and literary contexts in which the Exercises took shape. The collected essays have as their common theme the early history of the Spiritual Exercises, and the interior life of Ignatius Loyola to which they give expression. The traditional interpretation of the Exercises was shaped by writings composed in the late sixteenth century, reflecting the preoccupations of the Counter-Reformation world in which they were composed. The Exercises, however, belong, in their origins, to an earlier period, before the Council of Trent, and the full recognition of this fact, and of its implications, has confronted modern scholars with fresh questions about the sources, evolution, and reception of the work.