Moral Theology: Its Method and Masters
Aversa, Raphael
Drawn from the authors' own words; every quotation links to its place.
Theatine · 1589–1657
Dates differ: Prümmer 1589–1657; Haringer ?–1657.
Life
Born Sanseverino (Prümmer: 1589); died 1657 (Prümmer). [Hurter, vol. III, col. 934-935]
- Raffaele Aversa of Sanseverino, Clerk Regular Minor, five times general of his order and its great ornament, clear in speech and acute in mind. [Hurter, vol. III, col. 934-935]
- Wrote a whole scholastic theology according to St. Thomas in 6 parts and 9 volumes, printed separately at Rome, Venice, Genoa and Bologna between 1631 and 1642, so that the complete set is very rare. [Hurter, vol. III, col. 934-935]
Sources: H. Hurter, S.J., Nomenclator literarius theologiae catholicae, 3rd ed. (Innsbruck, 1903-1913), read on archive.org. Each fact names where it was read; the links go to the page or entry itself.
In Prümmer's Catalogue and Haringer's Index
- “Aversa, Raphael, Theatine, Italian (1589-1657). He was five times superior general of his order, of which he was a great ornament, endowed with clarity of speech and sharpness of intellect; he published Theologia scholastica universa ad mentem S. Thomae, distributed into six parts and nine volumes, which appeared separately in various places and under various titles within the years 1631-1642.” — Prümmer, Catalogue of authors
- [**: weighty, probabilist] “Aversa Raphael, Neapolitan, cleric regular minor, on account of distinguished merits was five times elected superior general of his order. Innocent X offered him the episcopal church of Nocera, and Alexander VII that of Mardo; but he steadfastly refused, died 1657.” — Haringer's index of writers (Gury-Ballerini) (p. XIII, sign read on the page)
His Moral System, as Our Authors Report It
Every report quoted in the author's own words and linked to its place; point at a name to see his words. Haringer's signs give St. Alphonsus's judgment as Haringer found it in St. Alphonsus's works (his notice, Gury-Ballerini, 1884, p. XI); a sign on a writer the 1884 editor added to the list is the editor's own, and is said to be his.
| Probabilist | |
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| “Aversa Raphael, Neapolitan, cleric regular minor, on account of distinguished merits was five times elected superior general of his order. Innocent X offered him the episcopal church of Nocera, and Alexander VII that of Mardo; but he steadfastly refused, died 1657.”Haringer marks him **, giving St. Alphonsus's judgment of him (weighty and probabilist) | Haringer's index, Index of writers, p. XIII |
No article in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913).