Moral Theology: Its Method and Masters
Sanchez, Ioan. (Sanctius)
Drawn from the authors' own words; every quotation links to its place.
?–1624
In the Index: Sanchez, J.
Life
Born Spain; died about 1624. [Haringer's index of writers, p. XXVIII; Prümmer, Catalogue of authors]
- Juan Sánchez (Sanctius), doctor of both laws; Haringer calls him 'an author too benign'. [Haringer's index of writers, p. XXVIII]
- Wrote Selectae et practicae disputationes on the administration of the sacraments (Madrid, 1624), which Prümmer says was put on the Index for its lax opinions. [Prümmer, Catalogue of authors]
- St. Alphonsus (Dissertatio scholastico-moralis, Naples, 1755, as quoted by Hurter, vol. III, col. 346) names him among those who, 'though learned, upright and led by a good end ... were incautious and in many opinions indulged too much in benignity', whose authority does not carry the weight of the classic authors. [Hurter, vol. III, col. 346]
Sources: H. Hurter, S.J., Nomenclator literarius theologiae catholicae, 3rd ed. (Innsbruck, 1903-1913), read on archive.org; Haringer's index of writers, as printed in Gury-Ballerini (1884), on this site; Prümmer, Manuale theologiae moralis, Catalogue of authors (on this site). Each fact names where it was read; the links go to the page or entry itself.
In Prümmer's Catalogue and Haringer's Index
- “Sanchez, Ioan. (Sanctius), Spanish (d. ca. 1624), wrote Selectae et practicae disputationes de rebus in administratione sacramentorum ... passim occurrentibus, in folio, Madrid 1624. This work was placed on the Index because of the lax opinions contained in it.” — Prümmer, Catalogue of authors
- “Sancius (Sanchez) Ioan., Spanish, doctor of both laws, an author too benign (Selected Disputations), around 1620.” — Haringer's index of writers (Gury-Ballerini) (p. XXVIII, 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.
| Charged with laxity | |
|---|---|
| Counted among them by 4 of our authors | Koch-Preuss, Handbook I, the moral systems; Noldin, Summa I, n. 232s; Tanquerey, Fundamental Moral Theology, n. 398; Merkelbach, Summa II, excursus on the moral systems |
| “Although in other matters he is found not rarely too benign, nevertheless concerning sins of lust he sometimes defends rather rigid opinions. - Besides the authors cited, Ioannes Sanchez (+ 1624), Stephanus Bauny (+ 1649), Matthaeus Moya (+ 1684), whose work Quaestiones selectae was placed on the Index on 26 Feb. 1704, favored Laxism.”Prümmer: he favored laxism | Prümmer, Manuale I, n. 343 |
| “Chapter II — Lax propositions of the Casuists … IV. Juan Sánchez, select disputation 2, number 9: "Hence it is inferred that it is lawful to wish death for oneself or for one's Neighbor, in order to avoid a troublesome infirmity, beggary, a penal life inflicted upon a woman by her husband, and other things of this kind — provided the death be desired as to be inflicted by God, not unjustly by man, or by the demon.”Concina's censuses of lax opinions list 3 of his opinions (the first is quoted; every one is under 'Where Our Authors Discuss Him') | Concina, Compendium I, bk. III, diss. III, ch. II, n. IV |
| “This work was placed on the Index because of the lax opinions contained in it”Prümmer: his work was put on the Index for its lax opinions | Prümmer, Catalogue of authors |
| Too benign in his opinions | |
| “an author too benign”Haringer names him specially, as his notice does the milder authors: an author too benign | Haringer's index, Index of writers, p. XXVIII |
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.
| “Chapter II — The lax propositions of the casuists … III. John Sánchez in his Select Disputations, disputation 44, no. 6: “Nor is it an objection that some adore such bread as consecrated: for it will be material idolatry, which the priest in that case is not bound to avoid.””Concina lists among the lax opinions of the casuists (on the sacraments: baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist and the Mass) | Concina, Compendium II, bk. X, diss. I, ch. II, n. III |
| “Chapter IV — Lax, or improbable, propositions are reviewed, which not a few Casuists teach … XIII. "Absolution is therefore to be imparted to a penitent who is willing, and who proposes the cessation of sin, and who has no external occasion, however much he has become habituated to the sin."”Concina lists among the lax opinions of the casuists (on the oath) | Concina, Theologia V, diss. I, ch. IV, n. XIII |
| “places among them Bannez, a famous Theologian of the Order of Saint Dominic”Daniel reports that the Louvain doctor Dubois found him among the authors of Sirmond’s opinion on the precept of love | Daniel, Apology, ¶ 56 |
Works Our Authors Used
- Thomas Sanchez, S.J. - 1) Opus morale; 3 tomes fol. (Parma, 1793). - 2) De Sancto Matrimonii Sacramento. (Venice, 1754). — Marc's list
- Michael Sanchez - Expositio Bullae Sanctae Cruciatae. (Madrid, 1875). — Marc's list
- Sanchez, S.J., De sancto Matrimonii sacramento disputationum tomi tres, Lyons, 1669. — Tanquerey's list
- Sanchez, De praeceptis Decalogi, Paris, 1615. — Tanquerey's list
No article in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913).