L'illumination de l'intelligence: Un trait de l'expérience mystique ignatienne
Two texts dating from St Ignatius' stay at Manresa provide the theme for this study: one refers to a vision of creation, the other to the illumination of the Cardoner when the eyes of Ignatius' intellect opened up to spiritual knowledge. After having analysed attentively their special sign...
| Published in: | Gregorianum |
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| Language: | French |
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Ed. Pontificia Univ. Gregoriana
1991
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Gregorianum
Year: 1991, Volume: 72, Issue: 2, Pages: 223-246 |
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| Summary: | Two texts dating from St Ignatius' stay at Manresa provide the theme for this study: one refers to a vision of creation, the other to the illumination of the Cardoner when the eyes of Ignatius' intellect opened up to spiritual knowledge. After having analysed attentively their special significance as spiritual experiences, the article attempts to follow the traces of these intellectual illuminations through the writings of St Ignatius. The first aspect is that of God creator. What must be shown here is the importance which the sense of the Creator has for Ignatius: not just as the One at the origin of the universe, but the One whose presence abides in all things, reaching to the innermost core of their being. This sense of God creator sustains in effect the entire contemplation ad amorem which is analysed in its many implications. To this downward movement there corresponds man's spiritual attitude as he endeavours to "search for and find God in all things." This too is a fundamental theme of Ignatius' spirituality. By way of conclusion, the question is asked what would correspond, from the subjective standpoint, to the two intellectual illuminations: they are a manifestation of the gifts of wisdom and understanding. Fr the spirit of St Ignatius they constitute a leading, dynamic idea. |
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