John Punch, Scotist Holy War, and the Irish Catholic Revolutionary Tradition in the Seventeenth Century
During the 1640s, the Irish Franciscan theologian John Punch taught his theology students in Rome that war against Protestants was made just by their religion alone. Jesuits like Luis de Molina identified the holy war tradition in which Punch stood as a Scotist one, and insisted that the Scotists ha...
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Published in | Journal of the history of ideas Vol. 77; no. 3; pp. 401 - 421 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
University of Pennsylvania Press
01.07.2016
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Summary: | During the 1640s, the Irish Franciscan theologian John Punch taught his theology students in Rome that war against Protestants was made just by their religion alone. Jesuits like Luis de Molina identified the holy war tradition in which Punch stood as a Scotist one, and insisted that the Scotists had confused the natural and supernatural spheres. Among Irishmen, Punch was unusual. The main Irish Catholic revolutionary tradition employed Jesuit and Thomist theory. They argued that the Stuarts had lost the right to rule Ireland for natural reasons, not supernatural ones; because the Stuarts were tyrants, not because they were Protestants. |
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ISSN: | 0022-5037 1086-3222 1086-3222 |
DOI: | 10.1353/jhi.2016.0026 |