Item 3 - Theologiae moralis decalogalis et sacramentalis

Vol. I: [4], 330 pp; Vol. III: 416 pp; 41 cm x 23.5 cm

Date: 1742
Author: Patritius Sporer (d. 1683)
Publisher: Novocomi [Italy]: ex typographia Augustini Olzati
Full title: 'R. P. Patritii Sporer... Theologiae moralis super decalogum … Ad praecepta primae tabulae, continens tres partes, seu tractatus I. De conscientia, actu humano & peccato in genere, II. De fide, spe, charitate, religione & peccatis oppositis, III. De iuramentis, votis'.
Series: Originally published as a three-volume series. Only vols. I and III are extant in the Irish Capuchin Archives.

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Bound in contemporary calf covers with manuscript title to spine. Significant dirt accumulation and damage to the front covers. Tidemarks and water damage are evident throughout the volumes. Blind stamped on first page: ‘Capuchin Franciscan Friary, Charlotte Quay, Cork’. The items are wrapped in protective covering. Careful manual handling is required.

Patritius Sporer (d. 29 May 1683) was a German Franciscan moral theologian. Sporer was born in Passau, Bavaria. In 1637 he joined the Order of Friars Minor in the convent of his native town, which then belonged to the Franciscan Province of Strasburg. He taught theology for many years, obtained the title of lector, and was also the theologian to the Bishop of Passau. Sporer was the author of several works: (1) 'Amor Dei super omnia' (Würzburg, 1662); (2) 'Actionum humanarum immediata regula Conscientia moraliter explicata atque ad disputationem publicam exposita' (Würzburg, 1660); (3) 'Theologia moralis, decalogalis et sacramentalis' (3 folio vols., 1681; re-edited, Salzburg, 1692; Venice, 1716; 1724, 1726, 1755, 1756). Some editions have additional notes by K. Kazenberger and Ch. Mayr, two Franciscan moralists. An edition with supplements was produced by Irenæus Bierbaum OFM (3 vols. 8vo, Paderborn, 1897-1901; 2nd ed., 1901-5). Fr. Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787), the founder of the Redemptorists, frequently quoted him and numbered him among the classical authors of moral theology.

An earlier copy of 'Sporer’s Theologia moralis' is extant in the Church Street Library collection (see CA LIB/11).