Moral Theology: Its Method and Masters
Esparza, Mart.
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Jesuit · 1606–1689
In Prümmer's Catalogue and Haringer's Index
- “Esparza, Mart., S.J., Spanish (1606-1689). His principal work is Cursus theologicus, according to the order of the Summa of St. Thomas, 2 folio volumes, Lyons 1666. In the following editions there were added treatises on the theological and moral virtues and on the lawful use of probable opinion.” — Prümmer, Catalogue of authors
- [**: weighty, probabilist] “Esparsa Mart., Spanish, S.J. (Theological Course), around 1666.” — Haringer's index of writers (Gury-Ballerini) (p. XVII, sign read on the page)
His Moral System, as Our Authors Report It
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| Probabilist | |
|---|---|
| Counted among them by one of our authors | Tanquerey, Fundamental Moral Theology, n. 396 |
| “Esparsa Mart., Spanish, S.J. (Theological Course), around 1666.”Haringer marks him **, giving St. Alphonsus's judgment of him (weighty and probabilist) | Haringer's index, Index of writers, p. XVII |
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. Rassler, S.J.; Benedict Schmier, O.S.B.; Ant. Mayr, S.J.; Eusebius Amort; Jos. Biner, S.J.; and several others.”Marc names him among those who, against the probabiliorists, teach that the certainly or notably more probable opinion must be followed | Marc, Institutiones I, n. 100 |
| “the limitation applied by Father Esparza, by Father Terillo”Sabetti-Barrett quote Gonzalez's judgment of his limitation on the use of the less safe opinion: necessary, but not enough | Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium, n. 64 |
No article in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913).