Ignatius of Loyola, Letters and Instructions

The largest collection of the letters of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, is now available from The Way Ignatian Book Service in Oxford.

Ignatius is well known for his longer writings, such as the Spiritual Exercises and the Jesuit Constitutions.  But he is also the author of more than 6,800 letters, some 370 of which are contained in this new volume, translated into English (from the Spanish).  The letters range across a spectrum of personal, political, social, educational, financial and, especially, religious concerns.  Depending on the recipient, they can be businesslike, warmly personal, quite courtly, gently reassuring, direct, or stern.  They are addressed to a variety of people, from popes and future popes to emperors and kings, from cardinals and bishops to relatives and penitents, and from friends and pilgrims to students and (especially) fellow Jesuits.

Published by the Institute of Jesuit Sources (IJS), Ignatius of Loyola: Writings I, Letters and Instructions is available from The Way, Campion Hall, Oxford, OX1 1QS.  Telephone +44 (0)1865 286117 or e-mail the.way@campion.ox.ac.uk
Price: £17.50 for paperback (ISBN 1 880810 68 9) or £24 for hardback - by special order from IJS (ISBN 1 880810 67 0).

Also available: Volume III of Nadal's Annotations and Meditations on the Gospels from St Joseph's University Press, and The Jesuits and the Arts, 1540-1773 from the same publisher.


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