Vincenzo Filliucci (''Filiutius'';
Siena
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, 1566 –
Rome
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, 5 April 1622) was an Italian
Jesuit moralist. The ''
Provincial Letters
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'' of
Blaise Pascal, and ''Les Extraits des Assertions'', make much out of their quotations from his writings.
[The ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' says by garbled quotation, contradicted, e.g., by H. F. Stewart, ''Les Provinciales de Blaise Pascal'' (1919), note p. 266-7.]
Life
Having entered the Society of Jesus at the age of eighteen and made the usual course in classics, science, philosophy, and theology, he professed philosophy and mathematics for some years, and later became rector of the Jesuit college in Siena. Being summoned to Rome to fill the chair in moral theology in the Roman College, he taught there for ten years with great distinction.
Pope Paul V
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appointed him penitentiary of St. Peter's, a post he filled until his death in the following pontificate.
Works
Fillucci's major work, ''Moralium Quæstionum de Christianis Officiis et Causibus Conscientiæ Tomi Duo'', appeared in 1622, together with a posthumous ''Appendix, de Statu Clericorum'', forming a third volume. It was frequently reprinted, in several counties of Europe.
A "Synopsis Theologiæ Moralis", which likewise appeared posthumously in 1626, went through numerous editions. Fillucci is also known for his "Brevis Instructio pro Confessionibus Excipiendis" (Ravensburg, 1626); this work is generally published as an appendix in all subsequent editions of his "Synopsis." Besides these published works, there is a manuscript, "Tractis de Censuris", preserved in the archives of the Roman College.
As an authority in moral theology, Fr. Fillucci has ever been accorded high rank, though this did not save him from the attacks of the
Jansenists
Jansenism was an Early modern period, early modern Christian theology, theological movement within Catholicism, primarily active in the Kingdom of France, that emphasized original sin, human Total depravity, depravity, the necessity of divine g ...
; while, in the anti-Jesuit tumult of 1762, the ''
parlement'' of
Bordeaux forbade his works, and the ''
parlement'' of
Rouen burnt them, together with twenty-eight other works by Jesuit authors.
References
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Carlos Sommervogel
Carlos Sommervogel (8 January 1834 – 4 March 1902) was a French Jesuit scholar. He was author of the monumental ''Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus'', which served as one of the major references for the editors of the Catholic Encyclope ...
, ''Bibl. de la C. de J.'', III, 735; IX, 340;
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Augustin de Backer
Augustin de Backer (18 July 1809 in Antwerp, Belgium – 1 December 1873 in Liège, Belgium) was a Belgian Jesuit and renowned bibliographer.
Early years and Formation
De Backer left his country to be educated at the Jesuit schools of France ...
, ''Bibl. des Ecrivains de la Comp. de Jesu'', I, 308;
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Hugo von Hurter
The von Hurter family belonged to the Swiss nobility; in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries three of them were known for their conversions to Roman Catholicism, their ecclesiastical careers in Austria and their theological writings.
Friedri ...
, ''Nomenclator Literarius'', I, 364.
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1566 births
1622 deaths
People from Siena
16th-century Italian Jesuits
16th-century Italian Roman Catholic theologians
17th-century Italian Jesuits
17th-century Italian Roman Catholic theologians