Moral Theology: Its Method and Masters
Hieronymus Noldin
Drawn from the authors' own words; every quotation links to its place.
S.J. · Jesuit · 1838–1922
On this site: Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
In the Index: Noldin, H. (S.J.)
His Moral System
Probabilism
- “Probabilism teaches: where there is question of the honesty alone of an action, it is lawful to follow an opinion truly and certainly probable, even if the opposite opinion for the law is more probable.” — Noldin, n. 233
As others report it
- “Since among modern Probabilists Noldin, S.J., stands out” — Prümmer, n. 349
Life
Born 30 January 1838, Salurn, South Tyrol; died 7 November 1922, Vienna. [New Catholic Encyclopedia]
- Ordained 1861; entered the Society of Jesus 1865; rector of the Jesuit theologate at Innsbruck. [New Catholic Encyclopedia]
- Edited the Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie 1886–1890; taught moral theology at the University of Innsbruck nineteen years. [New Catholic Encyclopedia]
- Summa theologiae moralis (3 vols., 1902), in its sixteenth edition before his death, afterwards revised by A. Schmitt and G. Heinzel. [New Catholic Encyclopedia]
Sources: New Catholic Encyclopedia (2nd ed., 2003), as published on Encyclopedia.com. Each fact names where it was read; the links go to the page or entry itself.
What Our Authors Say of Him
- “it is deservedly numbered among the best works of this time” — 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 one of our authors | Tanquerey, Fundamental Moral Theology, n. 397 |
| “Since among modern Probabilists Noldin, S.J., stands out, we give here his arguments”Prümmer: he stands out among modern probabilists, and Prümmer gives his arguments | Prümmer, Manuale I, n. 349 |
| “Noldin asserts too boldly that Probabilism has been approved by the Church” | Prümmer, Manuale I, n. 350 |
| “Hence Noldin himself, a Probabilist, acknowledges”Prümmer turns Noldin's own admission against probabilism | Prümmer, Manuale I, n. 350 |
| “Against the equiprobabilists the probabilists, especially Noldin”Tanquerey sets out his arguments against equiprobabilism | Tanquerey, Fundamental Moral Theology, n. 407 |
| “Therefore let these words of the probabilist Noldin (n. 216) be attended to”Tanquerey quotes his account of the practice of probabilists | Tanquerey, Fundamental Moral Theology, n. 412 |
| “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 |
| “Probabilism teaches: where there is question of the honesty alone of an action, it is lawful to follow an opinion truly and certainly probable, even if the opposite opinion for the law is more probable.”In his own words (Probabilism) | Noldin, n. 233 |
| “Yet Noldin adds, n. 213, with moderate probabilists”Moderate probabilist. Tanquerey: with the moderate probabilists he binds to the notably more probable law, and so comes near the equiprobabilists | Tanquerey, Fundamental Moral Theology, n. 409 |
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.
| “among recent authors, Carriere, Lehmkuhl, Muller, Bouquillon, Ballerini, and Noldin”Tanquerey names him among the recent authors he often kept before his eyes | Tanquerey, Synopsis, Preface (1902) |
| “is notable for perspicuity and solidity of doctrine” | Tanquerey, Fundamental Moral Theology, n. 51 |
| “We chiefly borrow the exposition and arguments of probabilism from Lehmkuhl”Tanquerey takes his exposition of probabilism chiefly from him | Tanquerey, Fundamental Moral Theology, n. 408 |
| “H. Noldin, S.J.”Koch-Preuss name him among recent authors who use the Scholastic method for the practical needs of the confessor | Koch-Preuss, Handbook I, history of moral theology |
No article in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913).