The spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola

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by  Ignatius, of Loyola, Saint, 1491-1556

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TABLE OF CONTENTS;
Concerning which see the Translators Advertisement.
PREFACEtothisTranslationbytheRightRev.X.Wise
man,D.D. . . . . . xi
Advertisementofthe Translator . . . xxvii
PreliminaryDocuments: mention and enumeration . xx\i
1. Approbation ofthe Exercisesby PopePaulIII . xxxii
2. Testimonies of the Censors appointed by Pope
PaulIII . . . . . xxxv
3. Advertisementto theFirstEdition ofthe Work .xxxvi
4. AdvertisementconcerningtheEmendationsadded
byauthorityintheEdition of1596 . .xxxix
ThePrayer,Anima Christi . . . xlii
The Spiritual Exercises ofSt. IgnatiusofLoyola.
TwentyAnnotationsaffordingsomeunderstandingwith
respectto the SpiritualExerciseswhichfollow .. 151
Title ofthe Exercises . . .
Admonition howtheopinion or proposition ofanother.15
oughttobereceived . . .
The First Week;
.16
ThePrincipleorFoundation . . .17
Daily andParticularExamination . .18
Four Additionsconcerningthe same .
Noteconcerningthe figure of the linesformarking.19
faults . . . . .19
Figureofthe saidlines . .
CONTENTS.
PAGE
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GeneralExaminationofConscience . .20
CCoonncceerrnniinnggTWhoorudght .. .. -. . ..2214
CAonMceetrhnoidngoDfeGeedneral.Examinati.on, compr.ehending
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fiveportions or points . .
TheuseofGeneral Confessionand ofCommunion . 26
ThefirstExercise ofMeditation,accordingto the three
powers ofthe mind,concerningthree sins . 27
Of the preparatoryprayer and two preludes at the
beginningofthis andallthefollowing Meditations 27
Ofthe threepointsofthisMeditation . . 28
Ofthecolloquy (orcolloquies) atthe end ofthisand.31
the other Meditations . .
ThesecondExercise, concerningonesown sins . 32
ThethirdExercise,beingtheRepetition ofthefirstand.35
HoswecaonRdepeti.tionis to.bemade .. .. ..3355
Three colloquies atthe end . .
Thefourth Exercise, beingarepetition (asummingup)
ofthethird,with the same threecolloquies . 36
The fifthExercise, concerning Hell . . 36
Two Notes; thefirst concerning addingfurtherExer
cises; the secondconcerningthehours oftheExer
cisesandtheirnumberin the day . . 38
Ten Additionsforthebetter and more successful per
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formanceofthe Exercises . .
Tenth Addition, concerningPenance . . 42
Fourfurther Observations 44
The Second Week;
AContemplation(tobemadetwicein the day)concern
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ingtheKingdomofChrist . .
Pious books to be read in this and the following
Weeks 49