Ignatius of Loyola on Election & predestination
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Although there is much truth in the assertion that no one can save himself without being predestined
THE POSITION
No position found on the basis of election; what the text gives is a rule about how predestination is preached. Mullan's English grants "much truth in the assertion" that no one is saved without being predestined and without faith and grace, and the rule then turns to caution: "We ought not, by way of custom, to speak much of predestination", and when it is spoken of, it should be done so that ordinary people are not led to think their works and prayers make no difference. Nothing read says whether election rests on God's choice alone or on foreseen faith.
WHAT OTHERS HOLD HERE
ABOUT THIS FIGURE
Basque soldier turned pilgrim, founder of the Society of Jesus (1540) and its first superior general. His Spiritual Exercises, begun at Manresa in 1522–23 after his conversion at Loyola in 1521 and approved by Paul III in 1548, are still widely used for retreats; their closing rules for thinking with the Church are his nearest approach to doctrinal statement. This entry rests on the Exercises in Elder Mullan's 1914 translation and the Autobiography in the 1900 English edition by J. F. X. O'Conor.
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"Ignatius of Loyola on Election & predestination", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/ignatius-loyola/election (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/ignatius-loyola/election).