Back الرياضيات الروحية Arabic Exercicis espirituals Catalan Ignatianische Exerzitien German Ejercicios espirituales Spanish Gogo-jardunak Basque تمرینات معنوی Persian Exercitia spiritualia Finnish Exercices spirituels French תרגילים רוחניים HE Duhovne vježbe sv. Ignacija Lojolskog Croatian
The Spiritual Exercises (Latin: Exercitia spiritualia), composed 1522–1524, are a set of Christian meditations, contemplations, and prayers written by Ignatius of Loyola, a 16th-century Spanish Catholic priest, theologian, and founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).
Divided into four thematic "weeks" of variable length, they are designed to be carried out over a period of 28 to 30 days.[1] They were composed with the intention of helping participants in religious retreats to discern the will of God in their lives, leading to a personal commitment to follow Jesus whatever the cost.[2]: 98 Their underlying theology has been found agreeable to other Christian denominations who make use of them[3] and also for addressing problems facing society in the 21st century.[4]
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