Francesco Amico

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Francesco Amico, Cursus Theologicus scholasticus et moralis, Antwerpen, Willem Lesteens, 1650.

Francesco Amico SJ was a prominent Catholic theologian, born in Cosenza, in Calabria, 2 April 1578. [1]

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Biography

Francesco Amico entered the Society of Jesus in 1596. For twenty-four years, he was professor of theology at Naples, Aquila, and Gratz, and, for five years, chancellor in the academy of Gratz. [1] He was scholastic in his method, adapting his treatises to a four-year course of teaching. He wrote De Deo Uno et Trino; De Natura Angelorum; De Ultimo Fine; De Fide, Spe, et Charitate; De Justitia et Jure, which was prohibited, 18 June 1651 donec corrigatur, on account of three propositions in it, which Pope Alexander VII and Innocent XI objected to. [1] The corrected edition of 1649 was permitted. He wrote also on the Incarnation, and the sacraments. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Campbell, Thomas Joseph (1907). "Francesco Amico"  . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia . Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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