How individual was conscience in the early-modern period?: observations on the development of Catholic moral theology

This article investigates how the notion of individual conscience has to be understood within the early-modern development of Catholic moral theology. It highlights that 16th-century Catholic theologians continued to understand conscience mainly in Thomist terms as a rational judgment. Yet they also...

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Main Author: Reinhardt, Nicole 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2015]
In: Religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 45, Issue: 3, Pages: 409-428
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Moral theology / Moral sense / Individuality / Probabilism (Moral theology) / History 1540-1695
IxTheo Classification:KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NBE Anthropology
NCA Ethics
Online Access: Volltext (doi)