Приписывается: Ignatius of Loyola
«'Go and set the world on fire' (Ite, inflammate omnia).»
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Этого нет в трудах: Ignatius of Loyola
A phrase widely spread in Jesuit tradition as Ignatius's farewell to his envoys, above all Francis Xavier. It does not appear in his letters or in the Autobiography; it is a formula of later piety.
Источник: Ignacio de Loyola. Obras. Transcripción, introducciones y notas de Ignacio Iparraguirre, Cándido de Dalmases y Manuel Ruiz Jurado. Madrid: Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos, 1991 (5.ª ed.). ISBN 9788479140342.
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Подлинные слова: 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)