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A HERMENEUTICS OF IGNATIAN MYSTIQUE : CREATION IN CHRIST
Uma hermenêutica da mística inaciana: a criação em Cristo
ȱǯȱȱȘ
ABSTRACT: It has become commonplace among scholars of Ignatian mysticism ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱȱ¢ǯȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ĵȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱĚȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱ - separable from the idea of creation in Christ, and that the neglect of Christology ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ Ğȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ǯȱȱȱȱȱ - tive and interpretative investigation based on a bibliographic study that is divided ȱȱDZȱȱęȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ǰȱȱ¡ȱ ȱȱȱ¡Ȃȱ¡ǰȱȱǰȱȱę¢ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǯ KEYWORDS: ǯȱǯȱ ǯȱ¢ǯ
RESUMO: Tornou-se lugar comum entre os estudiosos da mística inaciana ȱ ȱ ¤ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ³¨ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ àȬȱ ȱ àȱ ȱ ęȱ ȱ £ȱ ȱ ¤ȱ ȱ ¡Çȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¤ȱȱ¢ǯȱȱȱȱȱĚ¡¨ȱ·ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ³¨ȱȱÇȱȱ·ȱ¤ȱȱȱȱ³¨ȱȱǰȱȱȱȱ Ȭȱȱȱȱ¤ȱȱȱȱ¥ȱÇȱȱȱ¡Çȱ ȱ £ȱ ȱ ȱ ¤ȱ ȱ ¨ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ -
Șȱ¢ȱȱȱǰȱ¢ȱȱǰȱǰȱ¢ǰȱȱǯ ȱDZȱǀDZȦȦ ǯ¢ǯȦǁǯ
Perspect. Teol., Belo Horizonte, v. 52, n. 2, p. 461-473, Mai./Ago. 2020 461 ³¨ȱȱ¨ȱȱȱȱǯȱȱȱ·ȱȱ³¨ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¤ęȱ ȱ ¤ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ DZȱ ȱ ę³¨ȱ ȱ ȱ ¹ȱ ȱ Çǰȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ¡ȱȱ¡Çȱǰȱȱȱ³¨ǰȱȱęȱȱ³¨ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǯ PALAVRAS CHAVES: ³¨ǯȱǯȱ ¹ǯȱÇǯ
Introduction
ome people have been trying since several years to establish a rela- Sȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ¢ǯȱ ǰȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ DZȱȱȱǯ
ȱ¢ȱȱȱ¢ȱĚȱȱȱ¡ȱȱȱ ȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǰȱȱȱȱȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ęĞȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǯȱ My aim is to emphasize that, for Ignatian mysticism, this creation is ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱĴȱȱ¢ȱ Ğȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ the Christian tradition and the Ignatian mysticism, since it is founded ¢ȱȱǯ
1 Some Preambles
ȱȱȱȱȱĚȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢DZȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ££ȱ ȱ ǻǰȱŘŖŖśǰȱǯȱŗśȬŗŞǼǯȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ DZȱȃȱȱȄǰȱȱȃȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ȅǯȱ ȱ ęȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ âȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ
462 Perspect. Teol., Belo Horizonte, v. 52, n. 2, p. 461-473, Mai./Ago. 2020 refer to Ignatius ŗǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ȃȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ǰȱȱȱǰȱȱ ȱ ǰȱȱȱȱǰȱ ȱȱǰȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ Řǯȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ Ĝȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ £ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ǯȱDZȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ĵǰȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ DZȱ ȱ ȱ Ěȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ęȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ęȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ¢ǯȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ¢ȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱǰȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǰȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱ ǯ
ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ǰȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ¤££ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ us back to a story narrated by another Jesuit, the Portuguese father Antônio ȱ ǻǰȱ ŗşşŝǰȱ ǯȱ ŘŖřȬŘŗřǼǯȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ǯȱ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱǯȱȱȂȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱę¢ȱǯȱ ǰȱȱĴȱȱȱȱ Ĵȱȱ Ȃȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱǰȱ ĞȱȱȱǰȱȱȱȱȱȂȱǯȱȱęȱȱ ǰȱ ȱȱ¢ȱǰȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ¡ȱǯȱ
Ȃȱȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ę¡ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ęȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱǻ ǰȱŗşśşǰȱǯȱŚŘřȬŚŘŚǼǯȱȱǰȱȱȱȱ of Ignatius of Loyola is in the one portrayed by himself in the Spiritual ¡ǯȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ǯȱ ȃȱ
1ȱȱ âȱǰȱǰȱȱȱǰȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ¤ȱȱȱ¢ǯȱ Ignatius commissioned him to promulgate the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus by the ȱȱȱȱȱȱǯ 2ȱȱȱ¡ȱȃȱȱȄȱȱȱ¢ȱ¢ȱȱ ǰȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ¡ȱȱȱȱ¡ǰȱȱę¢ȱȱȱȬȱȱȱ ȱǰȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ¡ȱ “to consider how God works and labors for me in all creatures upon the face of the earth, that is, He conducts Himself ȱȱ ȱǯȱǰȱȱȱǰȱȱǰȱȱǰȱȱǰȱȱĴǰȱǯǰȱ ȱȱ being, conserves them, confers life and sensation etc” ȱǻǯȱ¡ǯǰȱǯȱŘřŜǼǯ
Perspect. Teol., Belo Horizonte, v. 52, n. 2, p. 461-473, Mai./Ago. 2020 463 ǰȱȱ¡ǰȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ - ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȄȱǻǰȱŗşşŝǰȱ ǯȱ ŘŖŜǼǯȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱǯ
A con ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ Ȃȱ ȱ - ǰȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ¡ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ¡ǰȱȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ Ȃȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȃȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱǯȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱǰȱ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ȅȱ ǻ ǰȱ ŗşŞŗǰȱ ǯȱ ŚŞŜǼǯȱ ȱ ǰȱ ǰȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ęȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ęDZȱ ȃȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ĵǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ¢ǯȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱȄȱǻǯȱ¢ǰȱǯşǼǯȱ
ǰȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱȱ¡ȱȱǯȱ ȱȱ¢ǯȱȱȱȱ¢¢ȱȱ ȱ ȱȃ¡Ȅȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ¡ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ¢¢ȱȱȱ¡ ř, it is ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ Ȃȱ¡ǰȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱǯȱ ǰȱȱȱȱǰȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱ the reader that, by assuming the theme of creation as the guiding thread ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ǰȱ I do not intend to turn Ignatius of Loyola into an ecologist or to make ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ¢ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ǰȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ¢ȱ ȱȱȱȃ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ - ¢ȄȱǻǰȱŗşşŝǰȱǯȱŘŖŞǼǯ
In any case, it is important to remember that the creation in Ignatian ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ěȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ DZȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȃǽǾȱ -
3ȱȱȱ¢¢ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ¢ǯȱ ȱ¢ȱ¢ǰȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ¡ȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱǯ
464 Perspect. Teol., Belo Horizonte, v. 52, n. 2, p. 461-473, Mai./Ago. 2020 ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ěȱ ȱ ȱ ¢¢ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ Ȅȱ ǻ ǰȱ ǯȱ ŘŘǼǯȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱȱȱ¡ȱȱȱȱȱ¡ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ¡ȱ ȱ ǯȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ Ȃȱ¡ȱȱǰȱ both grounded in the Christian faith Śǯȱǰȱȱ¡ȱȱȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ǯȱ Ĵȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ - ¢ȱȱȱ ǰȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ Jesus and ours, can reduce the theology of Creation to a metaphysical ¡ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ǻ ǰȱ ŘŖŗřǰȱ ǯȱ ŗŝŜǼȱ ǰȱ ǰȱ ¢ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱǰȱȬȱȱ ǯ
2 The “pre-text” of the Exercises’ text: traces of a Tradition
ȱȱȱǰȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ - ȱȱȱȱȱǰȱȱĴȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱǯȱȱȱǰȱ Ȃȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱ ȱȱȱǻȱŗǰřȬŗŚDzȱȱŗǰŗśȬŘŖǼǯȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱǰȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ¢ǯȱȱęȱ ȱȱȱȬȱ¢ȱȱȱǰȱȱ¡ǰȱ¢ȱȱ “I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth” ǯȱȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȂȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ¢ȱȱ ¢ȱ £ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ - ¢ǯȱȱȱ¡ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱǰȱ - ǰȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱǰȱȱȱę śǯȱȱ profession of faith ( I believe in God the Father ... I believe in Jesus Christ ... I believe in the Holy Spirit Ǽȱȱǰȱ ǰȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱ Ŝǯ
4ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱǯȱȱ ȱ ¡ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ǻǯȱ ŘŗŞDzȱ ŘşşǼȱ ȱ ȱȱȱǻǯȱřŗŖǼǯ 5ȱ ǰȱ ǯȱȃȱȱȱȱȱȱȄǯȱ DZȱ ǰȱǯȱǻǯǼǰȱ L’analyse du langage Théologique. Le nom de Dieu ǯȱDZȱǰȱŗşŜşǯȱǰȱȬǯȱȃȱ¢ȱ ȱ âDZȱ ǰȱ ·ǰȱ ęȄǰȱ Lumière et Vie ǰȱ ǯȱ śśǰȱ ǯȱ ŜŗȬŝşǰȱ ŗşśŘǯȱ ȱǰȱ ǯȱ La foi chrétienne. Essais sur la structure du symbole des Apôtres ǯȱ Paris: Éditions ȬǰȱŗşŜşǯ 6 ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ǰȱǯȬǯȱ Symbole et Sacrement. Une relecture sacramentelle de l’existence chrétienne ǯȱ DZȱȱ1ȱȱǰȱŘŖŗŗǯ
Perspect. Teol., Belo Horizonte, v. 52, n. 2, p. 461-473, Mai./Ago. 2020 465 ȱ ȱ¡ ce is situated in this unitary perspective of the Chris- ȱȱȱǯȱ ȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ ǰȱȱ¡ǰȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ¡ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǻ ǰȱ ŘŖŗřǰȱ ǯȱ ŞśǼǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱǯȱȱȱę - ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢DZȱ “Imagine Christ our Lord present before you upon the cross, and begin to speak with him, asking how it is that though He is the Creator, He has stooped to become man, and to pass from eternal life to death here in time, that thus He might die for our sins” ŝȱ ǻǯȱ ¡ǯǰȱ ǯȱ śřǼǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȃȱȄȱȱȱȃȱȄȱȱȱȱǯȱȱȱȱ the use of the verbs to imagine and to see is fundamental because it refers ¢ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ¢ȱ ǰȱ ȱȱȱȱ understand that saying “I believe in Jesus Christ ...” is to confess that the ȱǻǼȱȱȱȱǻǼǯȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ Ȃȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ Ȃȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱǻǰȱǯȱŚŝǼǯȱȱȱ - ȱȱȱȱęȱȱȱȱ¢ǰȱȱ ȱ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ęȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ǯȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱǯȱȱ being pulled from Mount Olivete Ş by the guards, Ignatius is taken back ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ǯȱ ȱ being reappointed, Ignatius claims to have received from “Our Lord great DZȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ȅȱ ǻǰȱ ǯȱ ŚŞǼǯȱ ȱ vision and the impossibility of staying in Jerusalem give to Ignatius of ¢ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ǰȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱǯȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǰȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱǯ ȱ¢ȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ǰȱ¡ȱȱȱ - sion of faith “I believe in Jesus Christ ȄǰȱȱȱȱȱĜ¢ȱ ȱȱ¡ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ȃȱȱ ǰȱ ¢ȱ ěȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱěȱȱȱȱȱ¡ periencing the joy of the Risen Christ ǻǯȱ¡ǯǰȱǯȱŗŖŚǰȱŗŖřǰȱŘŘŗǼǯȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱǰȱȱ
ŝȱȱȱ¡ǰȱ ȱȱ ǰȱȱ ǯȱ The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius ǯȱDZȱ¢ȱ ¢ȱǰȱŗşśŗǯ Şȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱǯ
466 Perspect. Teol., Belo Horizonte, v. 52, n. 2, p. 461-473, Mai./Ago. 2020 ȱȱȱȱȱǯȱȱĞȱȱ ¢ȱ¢ȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ Ĵȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱǰȱȱ¡ǰȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ǻȱ ȱ ȱ £ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ǽȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǻ ǰȱ ŘŖŗřǰȱ ǯȱ ŗŗřǼǯȱ ȱ ȱ - ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ £ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ǰȱ believing in Jesus Christ, adhering to His person, is no longer evident or fundamental in our contemporary secularized society şǯȱ ¢ȱ ǰȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱǰȱȱ ǰȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ŗŖ ǯȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ£ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱǰȱȱǰȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱǻȱŘǰřŜDzȱȱŘǰŗŗǼǯȱȱȱȱǰȱ¢ȱĞȱȱȱ ¢¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǻ ǰȱ ŘŖŗŗǰȱ ǯȱ řŗŗǼǯȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ the life of Christ Our Lord, proposed by Saint Ignatius, in the appropria- tion of a moral conduct that, strictly speaking, can be replaced by another Ȭȱǯ
3 The textualization of a mystical experience
ȱ ȱȱȱȱ¡ȱȱȱȱ¡ȱȱȱȱȱ ¡DZȱ Ȃȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱęȱ Ȃȱ ȱǻ ǰȱŗşŞşǰȱǯȱřŗȬśŝǼǯȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱ ǰȱ ȱȱȱ¡ȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǻ ǰȱŗşŞŗǰȱ ǯȱ ŚŞŘǼǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ a fundamental role in the life of Ignatius as he himself narrates it in an ¡ȱ ȱ ȱ¢ǰȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ the Castle of Loyola:
ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱěȱȱȱȱȱȱǯȱ ȱĞȱȱȱȱ ǰȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ǰȱȱȱȱȱȱ ¢ǯȱǻǰȱǯȱŗŗǼ
ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ Ȃȱ ȱ ȱ - ȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ
şȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱǻȱ Ǽǯȱ Ser cristão na era neopagã Dzȱ - DZȱ ǰȱ ŘŖŗŚǰȱ ŘŖŗśȱ ȱ ŘŖŗŜǯȱ ¡ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ £ȱ “30 giorni nella Chiesa e nel mondo” ǯ ŗŖ ȱȱǰȱǯȱ A Secular Age ǯȱDZȱ ȱ¢ȱǰȱŘŖŗŞǯ
Perspect. Teol., Belo Horizonte, v. 52, n. 2, p. 461-473, Mai./Ago. 2020 467 ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱěȱ ȱ Ȃȱ¡ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ecological sensibility, that is, the contemplation of nature led Ignatius to ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǯȱ ȂȱĴȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ǯȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱǻǰȱ ¢ȱǰȱȱǼȱȱ ȱ ŗŗ ǯȱ
Ignatius found in the contemplation of the mysteries of the life of Jesus ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȃȄȱ ȱ ȱ ȃ Ȅǰȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȃȄȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ȃȱ ȱ ǻ ȱ ŗǰśŗDzȱ ȱ ŘŞǰȱ ŗŖȬŗŝǼǯȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ǰȱ Ĵȱ ¢ȱ Ĵǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȃȱ ȱ ęȱ Ȅǰȱ ȱ ȃȱȱȱȄȱǻǰȱǯȱşşǼǯȱȱ¡ȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱ - ter understood from the desire for a search for guidance, for a reference ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ǻǰȱ ŘŖŖŗǼǯȱ This desire for orientation or direction is summed up in the objective of ȱȱ¡ǰȱȱǰȱ “the conquest of self and the regulation of one’s ȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱĚȱȱ¢ȱȱ ĴȄȱ ǻǯȱ¡ǯǰȱǯȱŘŗǼǯ
¢¢ǰȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ęȱ ȱ ¢ǰȱȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ǯȱȱ Ȃȱ¡ǰȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱȃ - -graphy” means the possibility of life guidance based on the marks, on ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ - res, and mystagogy, in turn, becomes the meaning of these divine marks ǻǰȱŘŖŖŗǰȱǯȱŗŗǼǯȱ
ȱ¢¢ȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȂȱǰȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱȱǻǯȱ¡ǯǰȱ ǯȱŗśDzȱřřŖǼǯȱȱ¡ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱǯȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ǰȱ ǯȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǻǰȱ ǯŘşDzȱ şşǼȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǻ ǰȱŗşŜŚǰȱǯȱŘśŗǼǯȱȱ ȱȱ
ŗŗ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȃȄȱ ȱ ȃ Ȅǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ĵȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǻǰȱȱŗśǰȱŗśśśǼǯ
468 Perspect. Teol., Belo Horizonte, v. 52, n. 2, p. 461-473, Mai./Ago. 2020 ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ Ȃȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ğȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱǯ
4 The Contemplation of the Creator’s Life
The hist ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱ¡ȱȱȱȱȱ - turies reveals the emergence of several trends regarding the interpretation ȱ Ȃȱ¡ȱǻǰȱŗşşřǰȱǯȱŚȬřŚǼǯȱ ǰȱȱȱ¢ȱęȱ - ǰȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱ ǰȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ¡ȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ǻǯȱ ¡ǯǰȱ ǯśǼǯȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ǰȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ǰȱ ¡ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ¡ǰȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ ǰȱȱ ȱ ǰȱȱȱ - ¢ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ Ȭ¢ȱ ¢ȱ ǻǯȱ ¡ǯǰȱ ǯŚǼǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱȱǰȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱǯȱ ȱȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ęȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ¡ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ¢ȱȱ ¢¢ȱȱȱȱ¡ȱǻǯȱ¡ǯǰȱǯŗřşDzȱŗȱǯȱŜǰşǼǯ
ȱ ȱ ¢Ȃȱ ¡ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ - ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ęȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ŗŜȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱǯȱǰȱ Ȃȱ ǰȱȱȱȱ ȱǰȱȱȱȱǯȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ presented by the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur regarding the interpretation ȱȱ¡ȱǻ ǰȱŗşŜşǰȱǯȱřŘŘǼǰȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱĴȱȱȱ ȱȱǰȱȱȱęȱǰȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ¡ǰȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ĵȱ ȱ ȱ Ȃȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡Ȃȱ¡ǯȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱȱDZȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǯȱȱęȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ȃȱ ¡ǯȱ ȱ ¡ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱ Ğȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ĵȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ¢ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǯ
From this observation or considering this double danger, it is important to remember that in Ignatian mysticism the horizon of the life of Jesus Christ ȱ ȱ ȱ £ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǻǰȱ ŘŖŖŗǰȱ ǯȱ ŘśȬŘŞǼǯȱ ȱ £ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱ ȱȱ¢ȱǯȱ ȱ the case of Christian life, as Saint Paul says to ȱǰȱȱǰȱȃǽǾȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ȅȱ ǻŗȱ ȱ řǰŗŗǼǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ
Perspect. Teol., Belo Horizonte, v. 52, n. 2, p. 461-473, Mai./Ago. 2020 469 ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ¡ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱ ȱȱęȱǰȱȱęȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱǯȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ǰȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ǰȱ Ĝȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ¡ȱ¢ȱȱȱ ǰȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ Adam: “To recapitulate that day in Himself, the Lord then comes to his Passion on the eve of the Sabbath, which is the sixth day of creation, in which man was modeled, thus granting to man through his Passion the second model made from death” ǻ 11ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ŗşŞŚǰȱ ǯȱ ŜřŝȬŜřŞǼǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ȃȱ ȱ ŗŘ ǯȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ Ȃȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ǯ
ȱȱǰȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȂȱȱȱ - ȱ¢ȱȱ¡ȱȱȱȃȱȱȱȱ Ȅȱǻǯȱ¡ǯǰȱǯȱşŗȬŗŖŖǼȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱǰȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱȱ ǯȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱǰȱ¢ȱ ȱǻȱŘǰŗśDzȱŚǰŘŚDzȱȱŗǰŗśDzȱřǰşȬŗŗǼǰȱȱ ȱȱȱ - ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǻȱ ŘǰŗśDzȱ ŚǰŘŚDzȱ ȱ ŗǰŗśDzȱ řǰşȬŗŗǼǯȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǯȱ ȱ Ȃȱȱ ǰȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ¢ǯȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǻǯȱ ¡ǯǰȱ ǯŗřśǰȱ ŗŖŚȱ ȱ ŗřŜȬŗŚŝǼǯȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ Ȭȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ȱ £ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱȱȱ¢ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱǰȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ǰȱ¢£ȱ ȱǻǯȱ¡ǯǰȱǯŚŜǼǯ
ȱȱ¡ȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ of the so-called Devotio moderna ȱ ǻǰȱ ŗşŞŘǰȱ ǯŗşȬŜŖǼ ŗř ǯȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ DZȱ ȱ
ŗŘ For some theologians, Ignatius is heir to the patristic conception of creation in Christ, ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȃȱ ȱ Ȅȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ¡ǯȱ ȱȱȱȱ ǰȱǯȱȃȱȱȱ·ȱȱȱ Ȅǯȱ Manresa — Espiritualidad Ignaciana, Madrid ǰȱǯȱŗŞŜǰȱǯȱŜŗȬŜşǰȱŗşŝŜǯȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ǯȱ La mistagogía de los Ejercícios ǰȱǯŝŗȬŗŖřǯ ŗř ȱ ȱȱȱȱǰȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱŗŚȱ¢ǰȱȱ ȱȱȱŗśȱ¢ǰȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ - ȱȱȱǰȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ǯ
470 Perspect. Teol., Belo Horizonte, v. 52, n. 2, p. 461-473, Mai./Ago. 2020 ȱ ȱȱȱȱǵ ǻǰȱǯŘŗȱȱřŝǼǯ It is in this desire to see Jesus that Ignatian contemplations are inscribed over the course of three ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ £ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ Ȃȱ ȱ ǻ ǰȱ ŗşŞŝǰȱ ǯşȬŘŚǼǯȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ - ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ęȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ęȱ ȱ the mysteries of the life of Christ our Lord a horizon of conformity from ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱǻ ȱŚǰŗşDzȱȱŚǰŗŝȬŗşǼǯȱ ȱǰȱȱ Ȃȱ ǰȱȃȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ȅȱ ǻǯȱ ¡ǯǰȱ ǯȱ ŗřşǼ ŗŚ , and, ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ¢¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱǻȱŗǰŘŜȬŘŝǼǯȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ Ĵȱ ¢ȱ Ĵȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ - ¢£ȱę¡ȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ǻǰȱ ǯȱ řśȬśřǼǰȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ Ȃȱȱ Ĵȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǯȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǻ ǰȱ ŗşşŘǰȱ ǯŗŜşǼǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ğȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ěȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ǻŗȱ ŗŘǰŗŖȬŗŗDzȱȱŗŚǰŗŝDzȱ ȱśǰŘŘDzȱŗȱȱŗǰŜǼǰȱ ȱȱȱȱȃȱȱȱ Ĝȱȱȱȱȱȱȱǰȱȱȱ ȱȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ȅȱ ǻǯȱ ¡ǯǰȱ ǯȱ ŘŘŚǼ ŗś ǯȱ ȱ ȱ Christian faith and Ignatian mysticism, the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete or the Consoling, is also the protagonist to ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǻŗȱ ȱ ŘǰŘŖDzȱ ŘŝDzȱ Řȱ ȱ řǰȱ řȱ ŗŝDzȱ ȱ ŚǰŜǼǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǯ
ŗŚ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȃȄȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȃȄǯȱ ǰȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱǰȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ǻ¤Ǽǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢Ȃȱ ȱ ¢ǯȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ěȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱǰȱȱ¢ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱǰȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǻȱ ¡ǰȱ ǯŗřŞǼǯȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ¡ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǻǼȱ ȱ ȱ ǻǼDzȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ęȱ ȬȬȱ ȱ ȱ ǻǼȱ ȱ ȃȄȱ ǻǼǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǻȱ ȱ - ȱǼǰȱŗşşŗǰȱǯŘśŚǯ ŗś ȱ ȱȱȱDZȱȃȱȱĜȱȱǰȱȱȱȱÛȱǰȱ¢ȱ - ȱàȱȱȱȱȱȱȄǯȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ¡ȱȱȱ brings ȱȱĜȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ exercises ȱ¢ȱȱĜǯȱȱȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ȱ ȱȱ¡ǯȱ ȱǰȱȱ ǰȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱǯȱȱȱȱ¢Ȃȱǯ
Perspect. Teol., Belo Horizonte, v. 52, n. 2, p. 461-473, Mai./Ago. 2020 471 Conclusion
ȱ¢ǰȱǰȱȱęȱ¢ȱȱęȱȱ - ȱ¢ȱȱȱ¡ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱǰȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȂȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱǻǯȱ¡ǯǰȱǯȱŗŖŚǼǯȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǯȱ¢ȱȱ - ȱ ȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱ£ȱȱ ȱDZȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ¡ǯȱȱ ȱȱȱ ěȱǻȱěȱȱǼȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱȱǰȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱǰȱ ȱěȱȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ¢ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ěȱ ǯȱȱȱȱǰȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ǰȱ recreated, by the movement or passage from one horizon to another, from ȱȱȱǰȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱǰȱȱȱǯȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȃ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱǰȱȱȱȱȱȄȱǻ ȱŘǰŘŖǼǯȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱǰȱȱǯȱȱ¢ȱ that must be the principle and foundation of the Christian identity, the ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ - ǯȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱȱǯ
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ȱ ƽȱȱ¢ȱȱǯȱ ȱ¢ ȱ ƽȱ Gaudium et spes ǯȱ¢ȱ ƽȱȱȱ¢ȱȱǯȱ ȱ¢ ǯȱ¡ǯȱ ƽȱȱ¡
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