Maryks, Robert A.

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.

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