Moral Theology: Its Method and Masters
Wernz, Franc. Xav.
Drawn from the authors' own words; every quotation links to its place.
Jesuit · ?–1914
Life
Born 4 December 1842 (at Rottweil, by the Irish Jesuit Archives authority record); died 19 August 1914, Rome (buried in the Jesuit mausoleum at Campo Verano). [Wikipedia; Irish Jesuit Archives, authority record]
- Entered the Society of Jesus on 5 December 1857. [Wikipedia]
- Taught canon law at Ditton Hall and St Beuno's, then at the Gregorian University from 1882 to 1906, its rector in his last two years there. [Wikipedia]
- Wrote the Jus decretalium ad usum praelectionum (Rome, 1898-1904; the work cited by our authors). [Wikipedia]
- Elected 25th General of the Society on 8 September 1906; died a few hours before Pope Pius X. [Wikipedia]
Sources: Wikipedia; Irish Jesuit Archives (jesuitarchives.ie), authority record. Each fact names where it was read; the links go to the page or entry itself.
In Prümmer's Catalogue and Haringer's Index
- “Wernz, Franc. Xav., General of the Society of Jesus, German (d. 1914), wrote an altogether distinguished work and very useful also for moral theology, Ius Decretalium, 6 volumes in 8vo, Rome 1898 sqq. New editions are prepared by Vidal.” — Prümmer, Catalogue of authors
Works Our Authors Used
- Wernz, S.J., Jus decretalium, vol. IV, Jus matrimoniale, Rome, 1904. — Tanquerey's list
No article in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913).