Impelling Spirit: Revisiting a Founding Experience: 1539, Iqnatius of Loyola and His Companions

A book about Jesuit origins, this text studies an early document ghost-written for Pope Paul III by one of the first Jesuits. This document--recently rediscovered in the Vatican archives and never-before-published--clearly reveals how the first Jesuits understood themselves and their order. It goes beyond commentary on a single document. It situates early Jesuit decisions in the ferment of the Reformation, bringing in key people--popes, cardinals, early Jesuits and other religious leaders, the saints and the strugglers.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Loyola Press
Published: 01/19/1997
ISBN: 9780829408645
Pages: 624
Weight: 2.01lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.92w x 1.53d