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  Ignatius of Antioch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After Ignatius' martyrdom in the Flavian Amphitheatre, his remains were honorably carried back to Antioch by his companions, and were first interred outside the city gates, then removed by the Emperor Theodosius II to the Tychaeum, or Temple of Tyche which was converted into a Christian church dedicated to Ignatius.
The letters of Ignatius (if they are authentic, most modern scholars believe those found in the Apostolic Fathers are) have proved to be important testimony to the development of Christian theology, since the number of extant writings from this period of church history is very small.
Ignatius is the first known Christian writer to put great stress on loyality to a single bishop in each city, who is assisted by both presbyters (priests) and deacons.
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 IGNATIUS - LoveToKnow Article on IGNATIUS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Ignatius, as Schaff says, is the incarnation of three closely connected ideas: the glory of martyrdom, the omnipotence of episcopacy, and the hatred of heresy and schism.
Ignatius constantly contends for the recognition of the authority of the ministers of the church.
Hence we find Ignatius laying the utmost stress on the fact that Christ was truly born and ate and drank, was truly persecuted under Pontius Pilate was truly raised from the dead (Trail.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /I/IG/IGNATIUS.htm   (4316 words)

  
 A Confederacy of Dunces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The central character is Ignatius J. Reilly, an intelligent but slothful man still living with his mother in Uptown New Orleans who, because of family circumstances, must set out to get a job for the first time in his life at age thirty.
Ignatius is something of a modern Don Quixote — eccentric and creative, sometimes to the point of delusion.
Myrna "The Minx" is a Jewish beatnik from New York City whom Ignatius met while she was in college in New Orleans.
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 Ignatius of Loyola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ignatius was born at the castle of Loyola, near Azpeitia, 16 miles southwest of San Sebastián in the Basque province of Guipúzcoa, Spain.
Ignatius was chosen as the first Superior General of his religious order, invested with the title of Father General by the Jesuits.
Ignatius wrote the Jesuit Constitutions, adopted in 1554, which created a monarchical organization and stressed absolute self-abnegation and obedience to Pope and superiors (perinde ac cadaver, "[well-disciplined] like a corpse" as Ignatius put it).
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Ignatius Loyola
Ignatius demanded what right they had thus to interfere with a pilgrim like himself, and the friars explained that, to prevent many troubles which had occurred in finding ransoms for Christian prisoners, the pope had given them the power and they offered to show him their Bulls.
Ignatius at once submitted, though it meant altering his whole plan of life, refused to look at the proferred Bulls, and was back at Barcelona about March, 1524.
Ignatius' own interpretation was characteristic: "I do not know whether we shall be crucified in Rome; but Jesus will be propitious." Just before or just after this, Ignatius had suggested for the title of their brotherhood "The Company of Jesus".
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 The Life of St. Ignatius of Loyola
Ignatius never revealed exactly what the vision was, but it seems to have been an encounter with God as He really is so that all creation was seen in a new light and acquired a new meaning and relevance, an experience that enabled Ignatius to find God in all things.
Ignatius was elected on the first ballot of the group to be superior, but he begged them to reconsider, pray and vote again a few days later.
Ignatius was beatified on July 27, 1609 and canonized by Pope Gregory XV on March 12, 1622 together with St. Francis Xavier.
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 Ignatius of Antioch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Ignatius of Antioch (died somewhere between AD 98 - AD 107 as a martyr in Rome) was the third Bishop or Patriarch of Antioch, after Saint Peter and Evodius, who died around AD Eusebius, (Historia Eccl.
Ignatius also stresses the value of the Eucharist, calling it "a medicine to immortality".
Ignatius is also the first known Christian writer to advocate replacing the Sabbath with the :
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 Jesuit Missions St Ignatius Loyola   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Ignatius and his nine companions (united as "Friends in the Lord") began a new mode of religious life which was to be radically apostolic independent of the monastic tradition.
In fact, the mystical experiences of Ignatius have radically shaped the life of each and every Jesuit who makes the Spiritual Exercises and who is presented with the challenge of the Jesuit Constitutions;even where such a shaping may carry little by way of a recognisable external form.
Above all, Ignatius' robust defence of the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church, and the institution of the Papacy in particular, is extraordinary given the abysmal state of the sixteenth-century Christendom.
www.jesuitmissions.org.uk /stignatiusloyola/stignatius.htm   (1209 words)

  
 Ignatius of Loyola, Saint. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Ignatius was of noble birth and was reared in the household of a prominent courtier.
Ignatius was elected (1541) general of the order and remained its leader, with headquarters in Rome, until his death.
Although the Jesuits became a major force in the Counter Reformation, the society was not founded particularly for that purpose.
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 ignatius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Thus on December 20 in the year 107, Ignatius was escorted from the Roman galley that had taken nine years to deliver its prisoner from Antioch to Rome and was brought to the Flavian Amphitheater, the Coliseum, where at the conclusion of the Roman festival he was fed to the lions.
Ignatius was a Syrian by birth who became attracted to the first generation of Christians.
Of all the Churches, Ignatius emphasized the pre-eminence of Rome' for it was in Rome that Peter was executed.
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 Ignatius Maloyan (1869-1915)
Ignatius Maloyan (Shoukrallah), son of Melkon and Faridé, was born in 1869, in Mardin, Turkey.
After finishing his superior studies in 1896, the day dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, he was ordained priest in the Church of Bzommar convent, became a member of the Bzommar Institute and adopted the name of Ignatius in remembrance of the famous martyr of Antioch.
During the years 1897-1910, Father Ignatius was appointed as parish priest in Alexandria and Cairo, where his good reputation was wide-spread.
www.vatican.va /news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20011007_beat-maloyan_en.html   (690 words)

  
 St. Ignatius Loyola   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Ignatius was an ambitious young man who had no desire to stay at home with older brothers who had already won honor and some wealth.
For 11 years Ignatius learned skills of administration, diplomacy, arms and courtly manners that would prepare him for a career in public administration and political intricacies.
After all the previous journeys, Ignatius himself spent his last 18 years living in the crowded center of the city of Rome and working within a few small rooms.
www.sjweb.info /articles/ignatius.cfm   (906 words)

  
 The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola
Ignatius and his followers knew that anyone seeking God was not meant to wait for visions, but had only to seek God in an intelligent and humble way and then with God's grace could "find God in all things".
When Ignatius underwent his remarkable conversion he recorded the movements and reactions of his spiritual faculties in great detail, and was inspired to organize them in a fashion that would guide others undergoing the same profound experience of God that he had.
Although Ignatius is generally credited with being the first person to conceive such an institution, it seems a woman by the name of Laura Saliarda had tried to establish a similar one in Modena in 1535.
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 Saints - Ignatius of Loyola
Ignatius at once submitted, though it meant altering his whole plan of life, refused to look at the preferred Bulls, and was back at Barcelona about march, 1524.
It was not till 18 November, 1538, that Ignatius obtained from the governor of Rome an honourable ssentence, still extent, in his favour.
In April, 1541, Ignatius was, in spite of his reluctance, elected the first general, and on 22 April he and his companions made their profession in St. Paul Outside the Walls.
www.scborromeo.org /saints/ignatius.htm   (2629 words)

  
 31. juli: Den hellige Ignatius av Loyola
Ignatius skrev den for sine medarbeidere for å gi dem klare regler og retningslinjer for at de skal kunne holde meditasjonskurser og lede retretter.
Ignatius' medarbeidere ba ham innstendig om å utarbeide ordensreglene, for at deres planer skulle bli godkjent av Paven.
Ignatius hadde sett sin orden vokse fra ti medlemmer til tusen og bre seg fra land til land i Europa og den andre siden av havet til fjerne land.
www.katolsk.no /biografi/igloyola.htm   (2837 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Ignatius of Antioch
The oldest collection of the writings of St. Ignatius known to have existed was that made use of by the historian Eusebius in the first half of the fourth century, but which unfortunately is no longer extant.
Two of the three purport to be from Ignatius to St. John the Apostle, and one to the Blessed Virgin, with her reply to the same.
As an intimate friend of Ignatius, Polycarp, writing shortly after the martyr's death, bears contemporaneous witness to the authenticity of these letters, unless, indeed, that of Polycarp itself be regarded as interpolated or forged.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/07644a.htm   (3502 words)

  
 THE WORLD OF IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA
In the legacy of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the Society of Jesus is the largest religious order of the Catholic Church, serving in over 112 nations, with over 20,000 priests, brothers and men in training worldwide.
Ignatius Loyola : a biography of the founder of the Jesuits / Philip Caraman, San Francisco, Calif. : Harper & Row, 1990.
The life of St. Ignatius, founder of the Society of Jesus [microform] / from the French of Dominic Bouhours ; to which is prefixed a sketch of the Institute of the Jesuits by a Catholic clergyman, Philadelphia : E. Cummiskey, 1840.
www.ignatiushistory.info   (1601 words)

  
 About St. Ignatius - The Chapel of St. Ignatius
In 1491, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuit order), was born Inigo de Loyola to a wealthy Basque family near Azpeitia, Spain.
He became fascinated with the pious deeds of the saints and realized it was a greater thing to compete with their acts of faith than to complete with soldiers in the manly arts of war.
Ignatius was beatified by Paul V on July 27, 1609.
www.seattleu.edu /chapel/ignatius   (497 words)

  
 The Life of St. Ignatius Loyola
Inigo de Loyola was born in 1491 in Azpeitia in the Basque province of Guipuzcoa in northern Spain.
Ignatius never revealed exactly what the vision was, but it seems to have been an encounter with God as He really is so that all creation was seen in a new light and acquired a new meaning and relevance, and experience that enabled Ignatius to find God in all things.
He (Ignatius) was always rather inclined toward love; moreover, he seemed all love, and because of that he was universally loved by all.
www.luc.edu /jesuit/ignatius.bio.html   (2805 words)

  
 Jesuits of Upper Canada - St. Ignatius of Loyola   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
It was during his time in Paris that Inigo changed his name to Ignatius, incorrectly believing it to be the Latin equivalent.
This group decided to go to Rome to place themselves at the disposal of the Pope, which was Paul III at that time.
After that, Ignatius spent his time directing the work of the Society, composing the Constitutions that would govern the life of the fledgling order, and putting the finishing touches on the Spiritual Exercises.
www.jesuits.ca /becoming/ignatius.html   (705 words)

  
 Biography: Ignatius Loyola, founder and missionary (31 July 1556)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Ignatius was twice imprisoned by the Spanish Inquisition and questioned about his beliefs, an experience that made a deep impression on him.
Ignatius and some of the others were ordained to the priesthood, and they were assigned various tasks.
Ignatius counselled his Jesuits (technically neither monks nor friars, but priests regular) to proceed with charity and moderation, "without hard words or contempt for people's errors." He died suddenly on 31 July 1556.
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 July 31 Saint   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Ignatius was forty-three when he graduated from the University of Paris.
Ignatius and his companions who were not yet priests were ordained in 1539.
Before Ignatius died, there were one thousand members of the Society of Jesus or "Jesuits." They were doing much good work teaching and preaching.
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 Dionysius the Areopagite, Works (1897) p.128. Note: Ignatius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
I think Dionysius quoted some previous writing of Ignatius, in which he spoke of our Saviour as "My Love, Which is mine." That is the sense in this passage, to shew the exalted use of Love.
In the letter of Ignatius to the Romans, he seems to use "love" in the sense of human passion or fire, and says that that is crucified in him.
Ignatius was martyred A.D. 107, Dionysius, A.D. This text was transcribed by Roger Pearse, Ipswich, UK, 2004.
www.tertullian.org /fathers/areopagite_04_ignatius.htm   (171 words)

  
 Ignatian spirituality   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The God whom Ignatius incessantly sought - "to do His will" - is not found at the completion of a journey of tests and "nights." He reveals Himself as a creative force to those whom He asks to co-labor with Him in a spirit of humility but also with initiative and in action.
The vision that Ignatius places at the beginning of the Exercises keeps sight of both the Creature and the creature, the One and the other swept along in the same movement of love.
But for Ignatius, the "discernment of spirits" is done for the sake of deciding - that is, for the sake of a free act by which one commits one's life and remains faithful lifelong through whatever circumstances.
www.sjweb.info /spirituality/introignatian.cfm   (740 words)

  
 Rome Tour Details   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The thick plastered walls were haphazardly constructed of dressed and rough stone intermixed with brick; low beam and plank ceilings of unfinished oak and ash; floors of yellow, unglazed tile.
Jesuits realized the historical significance of the four rooms where Ignatius had written the Constitutions and the thousands of letters he sent to Jesuits around the world, where the first General Congregation was held, and where Ignatius died.
The rooms were renovated in 1990 for the 500th Anniversary of the birth of St. Ignatius and are open to the public.
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 Scam o Rama
Dear Ignatius, the possible underground that has been done is to open a non resident dollar bank account here in South Africa in your name where the fund will be deposit from the my account, before it can finally transfer into your account which you have to supply.
Dear Ignatius, as regards my last mail, I providing you with the contact of the lawyer that you will contact, and on contacting him, please be plain with him and introduce your self to him, because he has been details about you.
Several of the outfits, Ignatius noticed, were new enough and expensive enough to be properly considered offenses against taste and decency.
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 DONNELLY, Ignatius (1831-1901) Bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Ignatius Donnelly of Minnesota, delivered in the House of Representatives, February 1, 1866.
Ignatius Donnelly of Minnesota in favor of the Northern Pacific Railroad: Delivered in the House of Representatives, April 26, 1866.
Nydahl, Theodore L. “The Diary of Ignatius Donnelly, 1859-1884.” Ph.D. diss., University of Minnesota, 1942.
bioguide.congress.gov /scripts/bibdisplay.pl?index=D000417   (299 words)

  
 Ignatius of Loyola, Saint -> Founding of the Jesuit Order on Encyclopedia.com 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
A Pre-Raphaelite gem in New York City.(The Church of Saint Ignatius Loyola.)
Ecclesial mysticism in the 'Spiritual Exercises' of Ignatius.
Following in the footsteps of Ignatius.(Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius)
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