Ignatius of Loyola: Enemy

Ignatius of Loyola was Catholic Saint, founder of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits). Explore interesting quotes on enemy.

Ignatius of Loyola: 18 quotes2 likes

“The enemy is like a woman, weak in face of opposition, but correspondingly strong when not opposed. In a quarrel with a man, it is natural for a woman to lose heart and run away when he faces up to her; on the other hand, if the man begins to be afraid and to give ground, her rage, vindictiveness and fury overflow and know no limit.”

Ignatius of Loyola

No. 325.
Spiritual Exercises (1548)

“The picture. A great plain, comprising the entire Jerusalem district, where is the supreme Commander-in-Chief of the forces of good, Christ our Lord: another plain near Babylon, where Lucifer is, at the head of the enemy.”

Ignatius of Loyola

No. 138.
Spiritual Exercises (1548)

“Imagine that leader of all the enemy, in that great plain of Babylon, sitting on a sort of throne of smoking flame, a horrible and terrifying sight. Watch him calling together countless devils, to despatch them into different cities till the whole world is covered, forgetting no province or locality, no class or single individual.”

Ignatius of Loyola

No. 140-141.
Spiritual Exercises (1548)