The two documents that will be discussed by comparing, analyzing and contrasting within this article will be Ignatius Loyola's Rules for Thinking with the Church together with an excerpt of Martin Luther's writings from Preface to the complete edition of Luther's Latin works. While there are many similarities within these documents as both men of faith write them, they are written from different perspectives of their faith. The first is written of the belief that one must be subservient to the Roman Catholic Church, and the other, a former Catholic reflecting on when he, as a Catholic monk, had an epiphany of the phrase “justice of God” while looking at the Scriptures. writes the other. First of all, the similarities between the two documents will be analyzed. Ignatius suggests "keeping your mind prepared and ready to obey promptly and in everything the true bride of Christ our Lord" and by reading Luther's writing one can attest that this is exactly Luther's sentiment too; be obedient to Christ without delay. They both wanted to follow the Lord Jesus Christ and His Word with great passion and intensity. Being against this was not within their scope of thought. Another parallel within these passages are the things that Ignatius reveals are to be praised such as religious life, virginity, continence, marriage, obedience, chastity, fasts, abstinence, confession and study of religion. Both men are devoted to this list of values ​​by virtue of their dedication to faith. Every man of faith approaches this list with a different guiding light; The guiding light of Ignatius of Loyola is following the Roman Catholic Church and for Martin Luther, his guiding lights focus on the Word of God which is the... center of the card... Ignatius and worship in the Roman Catholic Church Church and others followed Luther and worshiped in a Lutheran church. Works Cited Brecht, Martin. (tr. Wolfgang Katenz) "Luther, Martin", in Hillerbrand, Hans J. (ed.) OxfordEncyclopedia of the Reformation. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, 1:460.Preface to the Complete Edition of Luther's Latin Works (1545) by Dr. Martin Luther, 1483-1546 Translated by Bro. Andrew Thornton, OSB from "Vorrede zu Band I der Opera Latina der Wittenberger Ausgabe. 1545" in vol. 4 of _Luthers Werke in Auswahl_, ed. Otto Clemen, 6th ed., (Berlin: de Gruyter. 1967). pp. 421-428. The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius, trans. by Anthony Mottola, pp. 139–141. Copyright ©1964 by Doubleday, a division of Bantam, Doubleday, Dell Publishing Group, Inc. Used by permission of Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc...