1. Holiness in Ignatius's Spiritual Exercises and Spenser's
... ascetic Exercises are consonant with Spencer's soldierly holiness. To set the stage, Fr. Gleason understands Ignatius's Spiritual Exercises to be "in a certain sense, the history of a soul's journey from spiritual childhood to spiritual adulthood- (11). Similarly to the Redcrosse Knight, Ignatius possessed a "strong sense of duty, of obedience, and of high-minded chivalry- (11). He was strongly influenced by the lives ... give him courage and strength for the future, helping him to see the wiles of the enemy of our human nature and having him prepare and dispose himself for consolation. ...
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