Ad maiorem Dei gloriam
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Ad maiorem Dei gloriam or Ad majórem Dei glóriam, also rendered as the abbreviation AMDG, is a Latin quotation which can be translated as "For the greater glory of God." It has been used as a rallying
Ad maiorem Dei gloriam
Ignatius of Loyola
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Ignatius of Loyola, venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Spanish Basque Catholic priest and theologian, who, with six companions, founded the religious order of the Society of Jesus, and becam
Ad maiorem Dei gloriam
…the motto of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), an order of the Catholic Church. The origin of the phrase is attributed to the founder of the Jesuits, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, who intended it to serve as a cornerstone sentiment of the society's religious philosophy. The full phrase attributed to St. Ignatius is Ad maiorem…
Ignatius of Loyola (c. 16th-century portrait)
The Sanctuary of Loyola, in Azpeitia, built atop the birthplace of the saint
Ignatius in his armour, in a 16th-century painting
Saint Ignatius of Loyola's Vision of Christ and God the Father at La Storta by Domenichino