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Definition of Casuists

Casuist
Casuist Cas"u*ist, v. i. To play the casuist. --Milton.

Meaning of Casuists from wikipedia

- mentalis), taken chiefly from the writings of Escobar, Suarez and other casuists as propositiones laxorum moralistarum and forbade anyone to teach them...
- delict "not excluding excommunication". In the Early Modern period, some casuists (inter alia, Thomas Sanchez) justified mental reservation, a form of deception...
- term "pilpul" was increasingly applied derogatorily to novellae deemed casuistic and hairsplitting. Authors referred to their own commentaries as "al derekh...
- ruler Ur-Nammu had formulated the first law code, which consisted of casuistic statements ("if … then ..."). Around 1760 BC, King Hammurabi further developed...
- The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits (/ˈdʒɛʒuɪts, ˈdʒɛzju-/ JEZH-oo-its, JEZ-ew-;...
- (1678), in consideration of which he has been placed at the head of English casuists. He left large collections of historical and heraldic matter in MS. At...
- taken chiefly from the writings of Escobar, Suarez and other casuists (mostly Jesuit casuists, who had been heavily attacked by Pascal in his Provincial...
- view ethical theory as the most important feature of moral reasoning. Casuists, like Albert Jonsen and Stephen Toulmin (The Abuse of Casuistry, 1988)...
- Athenian Mercury, or The Athenian Gazette, or The Question Project, or The Casuistical Mercury, was a periodical written by The Athenian Society and published...
- gift to one another: Jesus avoids entangling himself in juridical or casuistic controversies; instead, he appeals twice to the "beginning". By doing...