Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) obtained papal approval in 1540 for a new international religious order called the society of Jesus. Until the mid-1700s the Jesuits were active in many parts of Euro…
"Surely in the memory of man nothing more momentous was ever done in the Church, nothing more clamorous, nothing less expected". The year was 1773; the "momentous" and unexpected event was the supp…
This book is superlative in every possible manner. The editors (Classics of Western Spirituality) are always true to form, never changing the essence of the spiritual writer concerned. This volume …