Moral Theology: Its Method and Masters
Jean Cabassut
Drawn from the authors' own words; every quotation links to its place.
Oratorian · 1604–1685
In Prümmer's Catalogue and Haringer's Index
- “Cabassutius, Ioan., of the Congregation of the Oratory, French (1604-1685), a man of the greatest learning and piety. He was highly regarded by St. Alphonsus in moral theology; he wrote the work entitled Theoria et praxis iuris canonici ad forum tam sacramentale quam contentiosum, often edited.” — Prümmer, Catalogue of authors
- [+: weighty, probabiliorist] “Cabassutius Ioan., French, of the Congregation of the Oratory (Theory and Practice of Canon Law), born 1604, died 1685.” — Haringer's index of writers (Gury-Ballerini) (p. XV, sign read on the page)
His Moral System, as Our Authors Report It
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| Probabiliorist | |
|---|---|
| Counted among them by one of our authors | Noldin, Summa I, n. 231 |
| “Cabassutius Ioan., French, of the Congregation of the Oratory (Theory and Practice of Canon Law), born 1604, died 1685.”Haringer marks him +, giving St. Alphonsus's judgment of him (weighty probabiliorist) | Haringer's index, Index of writers, p. XV |
| Against probabilism | |
| Counted among them by one of our authors | Concina, Compendium II, diss. II, ch. IX, n. XVIII |
| “Cabassutius, although an antiprobabilist”Haringer’s index: an antiprobabilist, though he praised Toletus without measure | Haringer, Index of writers |
Where Our Authors Discuss Him
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| “Now he is esteemed a great theologian who possesses the greatest authority among theologians on account of his distinguished doctrine, prudence, and probity”Konings names him among the great theologians whose word that an opinion is probable makes it so | Konings, Compendium, n. 57 |
In the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)
“Jean Cabassut”, vol. 3, by Anthony Maas. Public domain; transcription at New Advent (which expands some of the print's abbreviations).
(CABASSUTIUS.)
French theologian and priest of the Oratory, born at Aix in 1604, died there, 1685. He excelled equally in learning and holiness of life. He entered the Oratory at the age of twenty-one and thought devoted to his labour he was always ready to interrupt even his most favourite study to assist the needy. He had taught canon law at Avignon for some time, when Cardinal Grimaldi, Archbishop of Aix, took him as companion to Rome, where Father Cabassut remained about eighteen months. Returning to Aix, he became a distinguished writer on questions of ecclesiastical history, canon law, and moral theology. St. Alphonsus considers him classical. He was a probabiliorist in his moral solutions. The following of his works are worthy of note: "Notitia Conciliorum" (Lyons, 1668). Cardinal Grimaldi induced the writer to enlarge this work and publish it under the title, "Notitia ecclesiastica historiarum, conciliorum et canonum invicem collatorum", etc. (Lyons, 1680, and other dates; Munich, 1758; Tournai, 1851, 3 vols.). Often modified and enlarged, it was once, under the title "Cabassutius", an authority for the history of councils. A compendium of the "Notitia" appeared at Louvain, 1776. "Theoria et Praxis Juris Canonici" etc. (Lyons, 1660, and other dates; Rouen, 1703; Venice, 1757).
Sources: HURTER, Nomenclator, II, 501; PUNKES in Kirchenlex., II, 1641; BATTEREL, Mem. pour servir a Phist. de l'Orat. (Paris, 1903), III, 396-412.