Princess

Catalina
REFORMATION AND • The woman Ignacio courted
THE CATHOLIC RESPONSE • Princess who owes her life to Ignacio
"Everything changes and nothing remains still ... and Pamplona, Spain
... you cannot step twice into the same stream" • Origin of St. Ignatius of Loyola
• spoken or quotation under the philosophy of Our Lady of Monserrat
Heraclitus • Church in Spain
• Where Ignacio offered his bloody sword
Constant flux: πάντα ῥεῖ |Panta Rei| Alumbrados
Change: Inevitable in cosmos • Illuminati
• A cult that they think Ignacio joined
Martin Luther Spiritual Exercises
• schooled in Scholasticism (Medieval) • A contribution of Ignacio
• he criticized what he took to be a Pelagian • One of the most influential books ever
tendency in Scholasticism to attach written
importance to human reason and works
• English priest Desolation: Far from God
• Scandalized by the kind of preaching Consolation: To be with God
indulgence associated with the Dominican
Tetzel
• Was grappling with his own demons of self-
MONASTICISM
Monasticism: religious way of life
condemnation


Christian Monasticism
*Salvation is equated to money
• Response to the ways in which Christianity

was moving in the 3rd and 5th Centuries (200-
TWO KINDS OF FAITH
400 CE)
Intellectual: Acceptance of what God says as true
Fiducial: Act of trust or confidence • WHAT WAS HAPPENING?
o Christianity began and spread as a
*Over 540 Million protestants are inspired city religion
o All-consuming materialism, political
95 Theses: Disputation of Doctor Martin Luther corruption, etc…
o Christians went from being the
persecuted minority to the state
ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA affiliated majority
Ignacio de Loyola / Iñigo
• Spanish Basque Catholic priest and Matt 5:10 - “Blessed are the persecuted for my
theologian sake”
• Founder of the Jesuit Order
• Co-founder of the Religious Order 4TH AND 5TH CENTURIES
• Beatified in 1609 • Monasticism begins as a response
• Canonized as a saint on March 12, 1622 o It is a religious way of life that
• The man accused for being a member of a involves renouncing worldly pursuits
cult (Alumbrados)

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to fully devote one’s self to spiritual Coenobitic Monasticism
work • Also known as Communal Monasticism
• Communal living in monasteries grew in
St. Anthony of Egypt response to the hermetic lifestyle
• Father of Monasticism
• Established “Solitary Monasticism” Monastery: A place where monks/nuns lead a life
• He went to the desert and set up his dedicated to a life of Christian Communal Living
hermitage there
• People came to listen to him preach and St. Benedict
teach • Created a new kind of community based on
o Other people followed him and the rules, which became the foundation of
established their own hermitage for Monastic Life in the Roman church
soon o Strict discipline and regulations and
daily prayer
ALONE ≠ LONELY o Eliminated excessive individualism
• You may be alone yet so happy o Lived a life similar to that of the early
• Lonely pertains to sense of incompleteness, Christians
depression, uncontent, and unsatisfaction o Focused on the Bible and Learning

CALLING OF GOD
• Single blessedness Magnum Silentium: Silence
• Married life Celibacy: Vow, leaving sexual urgence for God’s
• Religious and priestly life glory

Solitary Monasticism / Hermit Monasticism WOMEN AND MONASTICISM
• They rejected all earthly things, including • Women took part but were restricted
human company and relied on God alone o Focused on chastity and didn’t want
• Soon, these monks and nuns were sought the temptation
out as holy people and spiritual guides
GENERAL CALL TO BE HOLY
EVOLUTION OF MONASTICISM • Vow of Poverty
• It all began in Europe and was modified • Vow of Chastity
because of cold winters which discouraged • Vow of Obedience
isolated living. Others saw the Solitary life
did not lend itself to the corporal works of
mercy
o Feed the hungry
o Give drink to the thirsty
o Clothe the naked
o Shelter the homeless
o Visit the sick
o Visit the imprisoned
o Bury the dead


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