"Criador y redentor nuestro". The mission of Christ according to Ignatius of Loyola

Abstract

In the Autobiography, Ignatius had already established a connection between the mystical knowing und the inner relations of the Trinity (n. 28-30). In the Exercises and Spiritual Diary he describes how the mission of de Son based in the inner Trinitarian life («processions»). The different persons are involved in particulars ways to fulfill the mission. The Father and the Holy Spirit support the advancement of the mission of Christ in the World. Loyola accents the relationship between the act of creation and redemption and the gift or grace of participation. Christ’s universal post-resurrection mission, declared by Father that the sovereign Ruler («Rey eternal») fulfills the salvific promises of gospell. Christian mission is also cosmic in its extent: «Omnia ad maiorem Dei Gloriam».