Renaissance, humanist and Christian principles of formation of spiritual and educational identity of Ignatius Loyola: essence modes of religious and pedagogical explication

Abstract

Based on the research of academic, confessional, historical and religious achievements,
the Christian-humanistic, philosophical and anthropological sources are revealed, socio-
cultural conditions are specified, the objective and subjective factors of formation of
identity and pedagogical practices of the founder of Catholic Jesuit order – Ignatius
Loyola – are substantiated. He was a spiritual leader, a brilliant organizer and a sensible
youth mentor, who, while calling himself a pilgrim, theoretically built and implemented
profound spiritual and pedagogical meanings, which later became the foundation for so-
called «Catholic Renaissance» and contributed to the convincing success of post-Tridentine
advancement of Catholic education and youth policy.
Keywords: Ignatius Loyola, the Jesuit Order, Ignatius pedagogy, «new piety»,
«enlightened piety», Christian humanism, «Paris method», youth policy, historiography,
pedagogy of prayer, spiritual and pedagogical meanings