Moral Theology: Its Method and Masters
Edward Génicot
Drawn from the authors' own words; every quotation links to its place.
Jesuit · 1856–1900
In the Index: Génicot, E.
In Prümmer's Catalogue and Haringer's Index
- “Genicot, Eduard., S.J., Belgian (1856-1900), published Theologiae moralis institutiones, composed in a clear and succinct order; the 6th edition, 1909, was prepared by J. Salsmans. Likewise he published Casus conscientiae, in which, however, he not rarely shows himself too benign.” — Prümmer, Catalogue of authors
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 2 of our authors | Noldin, Summa I, n. 233; Tanquerey, Fundamental Moral Theology, n. 397 |
| “Almost all theologians of the Society of Jesus adhere to Probabilism”Prümmer: almost all the theologians of the Society of Jesus adhere to probabilism, he among them | Prümmer, Manuale I, n. 342 |
| Too benign in his opinions | |
| “he not rarely shows himself too benign”Prümmer: in his Casus conscientiae not rarely too benign | Prümmer, Catalogue of authors |
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.
| “to speak only of the dead, Gury-Ballerini, S.J., Bishop Simar, Cardinal d'Annibale, Aertnys, C.SS.R., Cl. Marc, C.SS.R., Lehmkuhl, S.J., and Genicot, S.J., rightly excel”Vermeersch names him among the authors of the manuals of the nineteenth century that rightly excel | Vermeersch, Theologia moralis I, n. 21 |
| “In reality St. Alphonsus seems in his last works to have openly taught equiprobabilism, at least if we attribute to the words which he uses their native sense”Marc quotes Genicot-Salsmans (1912) | Marc, Institutiones I, n. 87 |
| “Genicot, who arranged Ballerini's Moral Work in better order and briefly” | Tanquerey, Fundamental Moral Theology, n. 51 |
| “E. Genicot”Koch-Preuss name his collection of cases among the particular casuistics | Koch-Preuss, Handbook I, history of moral theology |
| “the Theologiae Moralis Institutiones by Genicot and J. Salsmans, S.J.”Koch-Preuss name the Institutiones of Genicot and Salsmans | Koch-Preuss, Handbook I, history of moral theology |
Works Our Authors Used
- Genicot, S.J., Theologiae Moralis Institutiones, 3rd ed., Louvain, 1900. — Tanquerey's list
- Genicot, ninth edition, revised by P. Salsmans, 1921. — Tanquerey's list
- Genicot, S.J., Theologiae moralis institutiones, 3rd ed., Louvain, 1900. — Tanquerey's list
- Genicot, S.J., Theologiae Moralis Institutiones, Louvain (Polleunis and Ceuterick), 1900. — Tanquerey's list
In the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)
“Edward Génicot”, vol. 6, by Joseph Salsmans. Public domain; transcription at New Advent (which expands some of the print's abbreviations).
Moral theologian, b. at Antwerp, Belgium, 18 June, 1856; d. at Louvain, 21 February, 1900. After making a brilliant course of studies at the Jesuit college in his native city, he entered the Society of Jesus, 27 September, 1872. He was successively professor of humanities and of rhetoric at Ghent and at Antwerp, and after being ordained priest and sustaining a public defense in all theology, taught first canon law and then moral theology at the Jesuit college in Louvain from 1889 until his comparatively early and unexpected death. Father Génicot was a professor well liked by all his classes because of the solidity and clearness of his teaching. In 1896 he published his "Theologiæ Moralis Institutiones" in which the sixth edition, in harmony with recent decrees of the Holy See, appeared in 1909 (Brussels). Father Génicot drew his inspiration chiefly from the large work of Ballerini-Palmieri. His own work is characterized by a clearness of exposition, firm and straightforward judgment, avoidance and subtleties and rejection of defective arguments; also by marked intellectual honesty that dares to follow principles to their utmost conclusions and set down the conduct confessors may legitimately follow in the confessional. Confessors have no reason to fear the broadness of his conclusions, if they do not actually pass by the limits prescribed by the author. Another work, "Casus Conscientiæ", was published after the author's death. The third edition (1906) appeared with additions and corrections in 1909 (Louvain). These Casus, gathered in large part from actual experience, are remarkable for their presentation of real life and are something more than a mere repetition of theory.