Caspar Hurtado

Caspar Hurtado

Caspar Hurtado (b. at Mondejar, New Castile, in 1575; d. at Alcalá, 5 August1647) was a Spanish Jesuit theologian.

Life

He studied at the University of Alcalá de Henares, where in the examination for the doctorate he won the highest place from numerous competitors. He was at once appointed professor in the university, and was winning fame as a lecturer, when at the age of 32, he resigned his chair and entered the Society of Jesus (1607).

His talents lying mostly in the direction of theology, he lectured on this subject successively at Murcia, Madrid, and Alcalá. He was an orator and preacher with abundant success before the Spanish court.

He died in 1647 as dean of the faculty at Alcalá, where he had professed for thirty years.

Works

His principal works are:

*"De Eucharistiâ, sacrificio missæ et ordine" (Alcalá, 1620);
*"De matrimonio et censuris" (Alcalá, 1627);
*"De Incarnatione Verbe" (Alcalá, 1628);
*"De Sacramentis in genere et in specie, i. e, Baptismo, Confirmatione, Poenitentia, et Extrema Unctione" (Alcalá, 1628);
*"De beatitudine, de actibus humanis, bonitate et malitia, habitatibus, virtutibus et peccatis" (Madrid, 1632);
*"Disputationes de sacrimentis et censuris" (Antwerp, 1633);
*"De Deo" (Madrid, 1642).

He was among the earliest to deviate from the method of Thomas Aquinas, which till then had been followed by the majority of theologians, and he devised a system of his own. He is noted for the brevity, conciseness, and clearness of his exposition.

References

*Nicolás Antonio, "Bibliotheca Scriptorum Hispaniensium";
*Alegambe, "Bibliotheca scriptorum s. J.";
*Hugo von Hurter, "Nomenclator"


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