Moral Theology: Its Method and Masters
Bassaeus, Eligius
Drawn from the authors' own words; every quotation links to its place.
Franciscan (Capuchin) · 1585–1670
Life
Born 1585 (of La Bassée, whence his name; earlier called Falcon); died 25 November 1670. [Hurter, vol. IV, col. 305]
- First a canon regular of St. Augustine, then a Capuchin; lector of theology and provincial. [Hurter, vol. IV, col. 305]
- Collected the Flores totius theologiae practicae, sacramental and moral, from approved doctors (Antwerp, 1643; Lyons, 1653, 4th ed., with a second volume as supplement; rearranged alphabetically, 1663; Venice, 1690); his confrère Gregorius Salmanticensis made a compendium of it (Lyons, 1674, 1678). [Hurter, vol. IV, col. 305]
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
- “Bassaeus, Eligius, O.Cap., Belgian (1585-1670), wrote Flores totius theologiae practicae, 2 folio volumes, Venice 1666. He is not rarely cited by St. Alphonsus.” — Prümmer, Catalogue of authors
- [**: weighty, probabilist] “Bassaeus Eligius, French, Capuchin (Flowers of All Practical Theology), died around 1650.” — 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 | |
|---|---|
| “Bassaeus Eligius, French, Capuchin (Flowers of All Practical Theology), died around 1650.”Haringer marks him **, giving St. Alphonsus's judgment of him (weighty and probabilist) | Haringer's index, Index of writers, p. XIII |
Where Our Authors Discuss Him
Each read in its full passage; the words quoted are the author's own. Where several authors say the same thing, one is quoted and the others follow “in nearly the same words”; point at a name to see his words.
| “Eligius Bassaeus (+ 1670), O. Cap., gathered the flowers of all practical theology”Tanquerey names him among the Franciscan moralists | Tanquerey, Fundamental Moral Theology, n. 46 |
No article in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913).