Ignatius of Loyola

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Ignatius of Loy·o·la

(loi-ō′lə), Saint 1491-1556.

Spanish ecclesiastic who founded the Society of Jesus and was a leader of the Counter Reformation.

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Ignatius of Loyola - Spaniard and Roman Catholic theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus; a leading opponent of the Reformation (1491-1556)

Loyola, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, St. Ignatius of Loyola

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The feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola will be celebrated in a few days: may his prayer of surrender help us become a more respectful and faithful nation.

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We Anglicans might want to remember the key role played in the development of inculturation by the Jesuits, the writings of whose founder, Ignatius of Loyola, are admired by many Anglicans.

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The Gesu is the mother church of the Society of Jesus, the religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola in the charged climate that gave rise to the Counter-Reformation, and while that most venerated symbol of the Jesuits--IHS (the Holy Name of Jesus)--appears above the central portal, it is subordinate to the family name of the patron, FARNESIVS, which is foregrounded in the surmounting frieze.

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Thus an anti-Protestant agenda animated the older Nadal; one may ask what Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) would have thought of this.