Moral Theology: Its Method and Masters

Cotonius, Antonius

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Franciscan

Added because Marc names him in his account of the moral systems (Institutiones I, nn. 85-102).

His Moral System, as Our Authors Report It

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Probabilist
Counted among them by one of our authorsTanquerey, Fundamental Moral Theology, n. 396

Where Our Authors Discuss Him

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“Hist., p. 35. b) Among theologians who opposed probabiliorism, very many teach that, in a conflict of opinions, the certainly or notably more probable one is to be followed. … The same teach Ferdinand Rebellus, S.J.; Antonius Perez, O.S.B.; Martinus a Prado, O.P.; Franciscus de Arauxo, O.P.; Antonius Cotonius, O.M.; Passerini de Sextula, O.P.; Esparza, S.J.; Terillus, S.J.; Gabriel Daniel, S.J.; Christ.”Marc names him among those who, against the probabiliorists, teach that the certainly or notably more probable opinion must be followedMarc, Institutiones I, n. 100

No article in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913).