Antonio Escobar y Mendoza

Antonio Escobar y Mendoza ( latin. Antonius de Escobar et Mendoza ) (* 1589 Valladolid; † July 4, 1669 Valladolid) was a Spanish Jesuit priest and theological writer.

Life

Escobar came from aristocratic family. He was educated by the Jesuits in 1605 and entered into the Order. Later, he became rector of the Jesuit college of Valladolid, where he was also up to his end of life for several years. He was a famous preacher. He lived modestly, held strictly to the rules of the order and took care of prisoners, the poor and sick.

Work

Escobar's comprehensive, theological literature comprises 83 volumes in Latin. His first literary attempts were verses in praise of Ignatius of Loyola ( 1613 ) and the Virgin Mary ( 1618). The later major works dealt with the exegesis, but especially with the moral theology and casuistry. Escobar is the main representative of laxity, a deviating from the strict church moral mindset of moral theology. So even Escobar's main font Summula casuum conscientiae was ( in 1627 ) to call into question the occasion for a quarrel with Blaise Pascal, who alleged that Escobar, religious morality. Escobar took the now famous maxim that the purity of intention already sufficient to justify human action. Dealing with Pascal led to Escobar's work in Paris, Bordeaux, Rennes and Rouen were publicly burned by resolution of the city council. 1679 - ten years after the death of Escobar - was Pope Innocent XI. some of Escobar, Francisco Suárez and other casuists fonts set to the index because of laxity.

Writings

• Summa causa conscientiae ( 1627 )
• Liber theologiae moralis (1644, Munich, Wagner 1646)
• Universae theologiae moralis Problemata (1652-1666)