... we ought even to hold as a fixed principle that what I see white I believe to be black, if the superior authorities define it to be so.
Ignatius of LoyolaSin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
Ignatius of LoyolaWhat seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
Ignatius of LoyolaJust as the commander of an army pitches his camp, studies the strength and defenses of a fortress, and then attacks it on its weakest side, in like manner, the enemy of our human nature studies from all sides our theological, cardinal, and moral virtues. Wherever he finds us weakest and most in need regarding our eternal salvation, he attacks and tries to take us by storm.
Ignatius of Loyola