Moral Theology: Its Method and Masters
Bonacina, Martinus
Drawn from the authors' own words; every quotation links to its place.
?–1631
In the Index: Bonacina; Bonacina, M.
Life
Born Milan (year not given by Hurter); died 1631, on his way to the imperial court as nuncio. [Hurter, vol. III, col. 888-889]
- Hurter calls him a classic authority in moral matters, and cites Gury: for wealth of matter, learning and clearness of doctrine to be numbered among the foremost doctors of moral theology. [Hurter, vol. III, col. 888-889]
- Rector of the Swiss (Helvetic) College at Milan; for his gifts made count palatine and knight of the Golden Fleece by the Emperor Ferdinand II, and bishop of Utica. [Hurter, vol. III, col. 888-889]
- Named by Urban VIII nuncio to the imperial court, he died on the journey, 1631. [Hurter, vol. III, col. 888-889]
- His moral works were printed very often: Lyons 1624 (2 vols.), 1639 (3 vols.), 1678; with additions, Milan; Venice 1754. [Hurter, vol. III, col. 888-889]
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
- “Bonacina, Martinus, Italian, bishop of Utica (d. 1631), wrote several works on moral theology which appeared very often. His treatise De horis canonicis is worthy of special mention.” — Prümmer, Catalogue of authors
- [**: weighty, probabilist] “Bonacina Martinus, doctor of Milan, bishop and nuncio of Urban VIII at the Austrian court (Moral Works), died 1631.” — Haringer's index of writers (Gury-Ballerini) (p. XIV, 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 | |
|---|---|
| Counted among them by 6 of our authors | Noldin, Summa I, n. 246; Marc, Institutiones I, n. 91; Bucceroni, Commentarii, n. 108; Konings, Compendium, n. 74; Konings, Compendium, n. 79; Vermeersch, Theologia moralis I, n. 357; Tanquerey, Fundamental Moral Theology, n. 397 |
| “Bonacina Martinus, doctor of Milan, bishop and nuncio of Urban VIII at the Austrian court (Moral Works), died 1631.”Haringer marks him **, giving St. Alphonsus's judgment of him (weighty and probabilist) | Haringer's index, Index of writers, p. XIV |
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.
| “Bonacina (bishop, 1631), On Laws”His treatises on laws and on censures | Vermeersch, Theologia moralis I, n. 19In nearly the same words: Vermeersch, Theologia moralis I, n. 19; Koch-Preuss, Handbook I, history of moral theology |
| “Martin Bonacina (d. 1631), who is deservedly numbered by St. Alphonsus among the classical authors”Among the classic moralists of great authority | Marc, Institutiones I, n. 6In nearly the same words: Tanquerey, Fundamental Moral Theology, n. 49; Konings, Compendium, n. 57 |
| “Bonacina, who was a Bishop in Italy, wrote the same thing there” | Daniel, Apology, ¶ 112 |
Works Our Authors Used
- Martinus Bonacina, Theologia moralis - 3 vols. fol. — Marc's list
No article in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913).