Examination of conscience
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Examination of conscience is a review of one's past thoughts, words, actions, and omissions for the purpose of ascertaining their conformity with, or deviation from, the moral law. Among Christians, t
Ignatius Loyola described a five-point system of examining conscience
Spiritual Exercises
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The Spiritual Exercises, composed 1522–1524, are a set of Christian meditations, contemplations, and prayers written by Ignatius of Loyola, a 16th-century Spanish Catholic priest, theologian, and foun
Examination of conscience
…masters of the spiritual life." St. Ignatius of Loyola considered the examination of conscience as the single most important spiritual exercise. In his Spiritual Exercises he presents different forms of it in the particular and general examination (24-43). Of the general examination he writes; "The first point is to give…
Exercitia spiritualia, 1548, first edition by Antonio Bladio (Rome)
Virgin of Montserrat
Abbey on Montserrat
Chapel in the Cave of Saint Ignatius at Manresa