Antonio Escobar y Mendoza
Jesuit theologian
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Antonio Escobar y Mendoza's Degrees
- Doctorate Theology University of Alcalá
Why Is Antonio Escobar y Mendoza Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Antonio Escobar y Mendoza was the leading ethicist of his time. Biography Born at Valladolid in Castile, he was educated by Jesuits before entering this order, aged fifteen. He soon became a famous preacher, and his facility was so great that for fifty years he preached daily, and sometimes twice a day. Above all he was a prodigious writer: his collected works comprise eighty-three volumes. Escobar's first literary efforts were Latin verses in praise of Ignatius Loyola and Mary , but his principal works focus on exegesis and moral theology. Of the latter the best-known are Summula casuum conscientiae , Liber theologiae moralis and Universae theologiae moralis problemata . He used to employ the most popular ethical method called casuistry, analyzing real situations rather than strict rules.
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