Let your trust in God be as active as if you had nothing to do and God everything; and let your activity be as full of trust in God as if you had everything to do and God nothing.

— Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556), Ordensgründer

Ignatius of Loyola

Ignatius von Loyola (1491–1556) war ein spanischer Theologe und der Gründer des katholischen Jesuitenordens, den er von Rom aus leitete. Bekannt wurde er vor allem durch seine „Geistlichen Übungen“ und die Methode der Unterscheidung der Geister, während sein radikales Gehorsamskonzept historisch wiederholt Kritik aufwarf. Für heutige Bibelleser bietet seine Spiritualität praktische Anleitungen zur persönlichen Gewissenserforschung und zur Reflexion des Glaubens im Alltag.

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