The Varieties of Religious Experience · Character
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Founder of the Jesuits, whose spiritual exercises are discussed.
minor
Also known as Saint Ignatius, Loyola, Ignatius Loyola, Ignatius
First appearance: lectures xi xii and xiii saintliness
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