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This edition was printed by the Roman College, the Jesuit seminary in Rome founded by Loyola in 1551. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Loyola, a soldier and courtier, wrote the Spiritual Exercises during an intense spiritual awakening: severely wounded at the Siege of Pamplona in 1521, he convalesced at the Benedictine Monastery of Montserrat, where he read Ludolph of Saxony\u2019s Vita Christi, and at Manresa, where he undertook penitence in a cave and read Thomas \u00e0 Kempis\u2019s Imitatio Christi. The result was a model for an active apostolic life as well as one of internal reflection and spirituality, emphasising daily contemplation on the events of Christ\u2019s life, self-examination and prayer. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018\u2018The \u2018Spiritual Exercises\u2019 form the most famous modern textbook on ascetic discipline, the nature of sin and Christian perfection by grace \u2026 inspired by a remarkable fixity of purpose and designed for a clearly defined and practical end: the moulding of character by the precepts of the gospel. Its asceticism is not one of resignation and withdrawal, but full of a positive recognition of active life. It is this characteristic in particular which made the book such a powerful influence when it became \u2026 the handbook of the Society of Jesus, which is devoted to educational, missionary and other active works \u2026 As a work of religious inspiration the impact of the \u2018Exercises\u2019 has been almost as great outside the Society of Jesus as within\u2019 (PMM, pp. 44-45). <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8vo. pp. (iv) 150 (vi); 143 (xxv). Roman letter. T-ps within woodcut borders, woodcut Jesuit devices. Woodcut and typographical initials and tailpieces. 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