Giles de Coninck (Aegidius; also called Regius) (b. 20 December 1571, at Bailleul in

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; d. 31 May 1633, at

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) was a

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theologian.

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considered Coninck a moral theologian of distinction, though

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he had Lessius among his professors. He became the successor of his teacher in the chair of scholastic theology, which he held for eighteen years.

Works

Coninck's principal works are: * "Commentariorum ac disputationum in universam doctrinam D. Thomæ", etc. (Antwerp, 1616; enlarged and revised 1619, 1624; Lyons 1619, 1624, 1625, 1643; Rouen, 1630. The last edition was among the Jesuit works condemned to be torn and burnt by an act of parliament of Rouen, 12 February 1762). * "De Moralitate, naturâ et effectibus actuum supernaturalium". etc. (Antwerp, 1623; Lyons, 1623; Paris, 1624. The author is said to have left very ample additions intended to appear in the subsequent editions of the work.). * "Responsio ad dissertationem impugnantem absolutionem moribundi sensibus destituti", etc. (Antwerp, 1625): * "Disputationes theolgicæ" (Antwerp, 1645, published posthumously, though finished twelve years before the author's death).

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