Attribuita a Ignatius of Loyola
«'Give me the child until he is seven and I will show you the man.'»
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Non si trova nell'opera di Ignatius of Loyola
It is attributed to the Jesuits generally, sometimes to Ignatius or Francis Xavier, with no source in their writings or in the sixteenth-century narrative sources. It is a modern attribution, often used polemically against Jesuit education.
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Parole verificate di Ignatius of Loyola
«Man is created to praise, reverence, and serve God our Lord, and by this means to save his soul.»
Ejercicios espirituales, [23] Principio y fundamento (trad. inglesa de Elder Mullan, 1914)
«For it is not knowing much, but realising and relishing things interiorly, that contents and satisfies the soul.»
Ejercicios espirituales, [2] segunda anotación (trad. inglesa de Elder Mullan, 1914)
«Every good Christian is to be more ready to save his neighbour's proposition than to condemn it.»
Ejercicios espirituales, [22] presupuesto (trad. inglesa de Elder Mullan, 1914)