'Con ojos interiores': Ignatius of Loyola and the spiritual senses
Recent scholarship on the Christian spiritual senses has neglected works by Ignatius Loyola, a notable omission because the senses are crucial in his spirituality and because some prominent commentators read his Spiritual Exercises in terms of spiritual sensation. This essay argues that the Autobiog...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
[2016]
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Studies in spirituality
Year: 2016, Volume: 26, Pages: 263-281 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Experience (Religion)
Christianity
B Ignatius, of Loyola, Saint, 1491-1556 B Spiritual Exercises B Spiritual life (Christianity) B Spiritual Senses B Peer reviewed B Certainty B Knowledge, Theory of (Religion) |
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| Summary: | Recent scholarship on the Christian spiritual senses has neglected works by Ignatius Loyola, a notable omission because the senses are crucial in his spirituality and because some prominent commentators read his Spiritual Exercises in terms of spiritual sensation. This essay argues that the Autobiography and Spiritual Diary are more helpful than the Exercises for glimpsing Ignatius’s views on spiritual sensation. Scrutiny of these texts reveals strong connections for Ignatius between spiritual sensation, receiving theological knowledge, and experiencing inner certitude. Here, Ignatius brings the spiritual senses into contact with the pervasive sixteenth century desire for certainty in theological understanding, religious experience, and especially the discernment of spirits. |
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| ISSN: | 0926-6453 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in spirituality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/SIS.26.0.3180811 |