单词 | probabiliorism |
释义 | probabiliorismn. Chiefly Roman Catholic Church. In moral theology: the theory that, in cases of doubt concerning the binding character of a law or the permissibility of an act, a person should follow the most probable of the available opinions, or the side on which the evidence preponderates. Opposed to probabilism n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > branches of theology > [noun] > moral theology > probabiliorist probabiliorism1870 1870 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) July 492 He has gone voyaging upon a waste of dreary casuistry, upon whose fluctuating surface he lies becalmed, tossed to and fro between ‘probabilism’ and ‘probabiliorism’. 1879 W. E. Gladstone Gleanings Past Years VII. iv. 192 Probabilism is by no means the universal or compulsory doctrine of the Roman theologians... It is confronted by a system called Probabiliorism: which teaches that, when in doubt among several alternatives of conduct, we are bound to choose that which has the greatest likelihood of being right. 1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 1931 Probabiliorism..demands that the more probable opinion shall always be chosen. 1935 Downside Rev. 53 290 It is precisely this that causes the different schools of moral theology, e.g., probabilism and probabiliorism. 1955 Church Hist. 23 113 It may surprise one to find the doctrine of Probabiliorism so clearly expressed by a Puritan writer, for it has always been considered a Jesuit invention. 2003 D. C. Maguire Sacred Rights 71 On contraception, opposition by moral theologians to the hierarchical teaching is so widespread that dissenting laity could claim to be practicing the stricter probabiliorism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1870 |
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