one who studies and decides upon cases of conscience. Escobar
has made a collection of the opinions of all the casuists before his
time. M. Le Feore, preceptor to Louis XIII, said that the books of the
casuists taught “the art of quibbling with God;” which does not seem far
from truth, by reason of the multitude of distinctions and subtleties
with which they abound. Mayer has published a bibliotheca of casuists,
containing an account of all the writers on cases of conscience, ranged
under three heads; the first comprehending the Lutheran; the second, the
Calvinistic; and the third, the Roman casuists.
has made a collection of the opinions of all the casuists before his
time. M. Le Feore, preceptor to Louis XIII, said that the books of the
casuists taught “the art of quibbling with God;” which does not seem far
from truth, by reason of the multitude of distinctions and subtleties
with which they abound. Mayer has published a bibliotheca of casuists,
containing an account of all the writers on cases of conscience, ranged
under three heads; the first comprehending the Lutheran; the second, the
Calvinistic; and the third, the Roman casuists.