Saint Cicero and the Jesuits:The influence of the liberal arts on the adoption of moral probabilism
- Aldershot, Hampshire: Burlington, VT : Rome : Ashgate ; Institutum Historicum Societatis Iesu, c2008.
- 168 p. ; 24 cm.
- Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700. Bibliotheca Instituti Historici Societatis Iesu ; v. 64. .
- Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700. Bibliotheca Instituti Historici S.I. ; v. 64. .
Revision of thesis (doctoral)--Fordham University, 2006. Under title: From Medieval tutiorism to modern probabilism.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-161) and index.
Early Jesuit ministries -- "What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?" Jesuit ethics before the revolution of Probabilism -- "Christian virtue and excellence in Ciceronian eloquence": the Jesuit literary renaissance and adoption of Probabilism -- The genealogy of Jesuit Probabilism -- Probabilism as the Spiritual Sodom: Jansenist attack against Jesuit ethics.
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius From Medieval tutiorism to modern probabilism. --Influence.
Jesuits--History. Jesuits--Education--History.
Probabilism--History. Penitentials--History. Confession--Catholic Church--History. Confession--History of doctrines--16th century. Casuistry. Casuistry--History. Christian ethics--Catholic authors--History.