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Ignatian

Ignatian

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About the ideas and practices of St Ignatius of Loyola or the Jesuit order
  • adjective
  • /ɪɡˈneɪʃən/
: ignaciano
  • He presented the La Oroya case last September 2012 during the meeting of the Global Ignatian Advocacy Network on the Governance of Natural and Mineral Resources.

Examples

  • In the published text of Method, Lonergan makes a cryptic reference to Rahner's understanding of consolation without a cause, indicating that the notion of religious love as the dynamic state of being in love with God corresponds to Rahner's explication of the Ignatian notion.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Nonetheless, Lonergan's discussion of the interaction of the illuminated intellect and the inspired will does reflect the deeply integrative approach of authentic Ignatian spirituality.

    Academic text (2001)
  • For this reason, we label this learning objective as "Ignatian values."

    Academic text (2016)
  • "The Abbe said he would reject outright anything that reminded him of his own Ignatian training.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The dense expression of Lonergan's notion of religious experience might be further relieved by paying attention to his repeated references to Karl Rahner's explication of the Ignatian mystical notion of consolation without a cause.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Lonergan asserts that while the prima facie cause of such depictions lies in the existence of superficial Ignatian practitioners, the more fundamental cause rests in the contemporary state of theology.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Yet, as I have argued, these Kantian sensibilities complement his Ignatian mysticism and, so mingled, emerge in a theology of God as inexhaustible mystery, a mystery into which Rahner enfolds the life of the dead.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The Jesuit Center promotes the study of Ignatian spirituality and its principles.

  • She attended an Ignatian retreat focused on reflection and prayer.

  • His approach to education is deeply rooted in Ignatian values of discernment and service.

Surface Forms

Ignatian positive

Morphology

Ignatian = Ignatius (transparent) = Ignatius + ian

Formed by the productive adjectival suffix '-ian' attached to the proper name 'Ignatius', clearly indicating relation to St. Ignatius or the Jesuits.

Etymology

Ignatian comes from the name St. Ignatius, the founder of the Jesuit order. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the Latin ignis 'fire', like in ignite, to picture the order's strong spiritual energy and its focus on service and reflection.