- Edward Génicot
Edward Génicot (b. at
Antwerp , Belgium,18 June 1856 ; d. atLouvain ,21 February 1900 ) was a BelgianJesuit moral theologian.Life
After a course of studies at the Jesuit college in Antwerp, he entered the Society of Jesus, 27 September, 1872. He was successively professor of humanities and of rhetoric at Ghent and at Antwerp. After being ordained priest and sustaining a public defense in all theology, taught first canon law and then moral theology at the Jesuit college in Louvain from 1889 until his death.
Works
In 1896 he published his "Theologiæ Moralis Institutiones" in which the sixth edition, in harmony with recent decrees of the Holy See, appeared in 1909 (Brussels). Father Génicot drew his inspiration chiefly from the large work of
Ballerini -Palmieri . His own work follows principles to their conclusions and sets down the conduct confessors may legitimately follow in the confessional.Another work, "Casus Conscientiæ", was published after the author's death. The third edition (1906) appeared with additions and corrections in 1909 (Louvain). These
cases of conscience were gathered in large part from actual experience.Category:
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