Moral Theology: Its Method and Masters
Lopez, Ludov.
Drawn from the authors' own words; every quotation links to its place.
Dominican · ?–1596
In the Index: Lopez
Life
Born Madrid; died 1595 or 1596. [Hurter, vol. III, col. 353]
- Dominican. Published an Instructorium conscientiae of resolved cases (Salamanca, 1585, 1592, 1594; Lyons, 1588) and a treatise on contracts and trade, Instructorium negotiantium (Salamanca, 1592; Lyons, 1593; Brescia, 1596). [Hurter, vol. III, col. 353]
- Hurter, quoting Echard (Scriptores Ordinis Praedicatorum II, 316): 'in deciding cases of conscience he is held by learned men somewhat lax'; to others he is a weighty author. [Hurter, vol. III, col. 353]
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
- “Lopez, Ludov., O.P., Spanish (d. 1596), wrote Instructorium conscientiae..., in 4to, Salamanca 1585, a work very often edited and also translated into the Italian language. Quetif and Echard, Scriptores Ord. Praed. II, 316, note: "In deciding cases of conscience he is judged by learned men to be rather lax." The same author wrote Tractatus de contractibus..., in folio, Salamanca 1592.” — Prümmer, Catalogue of authors
- [**: weighty, probabilist] “Lopez Ludovicus, Spanish, of the Order of St. Dominic, died 1596.” — Haringer's index of writers (Gury-Ballerini) (p. XXII, 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 2 of our authors | Prümmer, Manuale I, n. 342; Merkelbach, Summa II, excursus on the moral systems |
| “Lopez Ludovicus, Spanish, of the Order of St. Dominic, died 1596.”Haringer marks him **, giving St. Alphonsus's judgment of him (weighty and probabilist) | Haringer's index, Index of writers, p. XXII |
| Too benign in his opinions | |
| “In deciding cases of conscience he is judged by learned men to be rather lax”Prümmer, after Quétif-Échard: judged rather lax | Prümmer, Catalogue of authors |
Where Our Authors Discuss Him
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| “Louis Lopez, O.P. (+ 1596), author of a book entitled Instructorium Conscientiae”Koch-Preuss name him among the chief exponents of the casuistic method | Koch-Preuss, Handbook I, history of moral theology |
No article in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913).