Jean-Pierre Gury

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Jean-Pierre Gury (born January 23, 1801 in Mailleroncourt ( Haute-Saône ), † April 18, 1866 in Mercœur (Haute-Loire) ) was a French Catholic moral theologian .

Life

Jean-Pierre Gury entered the Jesuit order in August 1824 , studied theology in Rome from 1828 to 1832 , became professor of morals at the Jesuit college in Vals near Le Puy in 1833 , and in 1847 at the Roman Collegium in Rome. Expelled from Rome by the Revolution in 1848, he returned to Vals. Until his death in 1866 he worked there not only as a teacher of morals, but also especially through practical pastoral care , through catechesis and missions among the poor mountain population.

Gury established his reputation with the widespread Compendium theologiae moralis , first published in 1850 , which appeared in 17 editions provided by the author himself (best edition by Antonio Ballerini, 6th edition, Rome 1882; German by Wesselak, Regensburg 1868). The Casus conscientiae followed in 1863 (8th edition, Freiburg im Breisgau 1891). The Compendium brings the system of Catholic ethics to use by clergymen in confession and absolution . The principles of morality are explained using individual examples, especially individual sins . This is usually done in such a way that the views of outstanding Catholic theologians, especially St. Liguori , are listed and, where they diverge, the mutual reasons are put forward. The work was introduced in many seminars, for example in Mainz . As opposed to the strict doctrine of Jansenism , Gury strongly advocated probabilism in moral teaching .

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SURNAME Gury, Jean-Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French moral theologian
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1801
PLACE OF BIRTH Mailleroncourt ( Haute-Saône department )
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1866
Place of death Mercœur (Haute-Loire)