Moral Theology: Its Method and Masters
Wirceburgenses
Drawn from the authors' own words; every quotation links to its place.
Jesuit
In the Index: Wirceburgenses
In Prümmer's Catalogue and Haringer's Index
- “Wirceburgenses are the theologians of the Society of Jesus so called: Thomas Holtzclau, Henr. Kilber, Ulr. Munier, Ign. Neubauer; they published a dogmatic and moral theology, 1766-1771. A new edition appeared at Paris 1879-1880 in 10 volumes. The moral part is found in volumes 5-10.” — 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.
| “Scarcely any prudent theologian will affirm his opinion to be manifestly and notably more probable, as long as he recognizes the opposite as truly and theologically probable”Vermeersch quotes their De actibus humanis, n. 240 | Vermeersch, Theologia moralis I, n. 357 |
| “The great work of the Wirceburgenses”Koch-Preuss name him among the best-known moralists from the close of the sixteenth century | Koch-Preuss, Handbook I, history of moral theology |
| “Their magnum opus (14 volumes, Würzburg 1766-1771, new edition, 10 vols., Paris 1879-80) constitutes a complete course of dogmatic and moral theology and is characterized by clearness and solidity of thought”Koch-Preuss on the four Jesuits of Würzburg and their course | Koch-Preuss, Handbook I, history of moral theology |
Works Our Authors Used
- Wirceburgenses, S.J., Theologia dogmatica et moralis, new ed., Paris, 1883. — Tanquerey's list
No article in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913).