canon law through the so-called sanatio in radice. The author's mode of expression shows a not always pleasing verbosity. Soon after the death of Sanchez a second work appeared. Opus morale in præcepta Decalogi; the first folio volume was prepared by the author himself, but the second volume, as well as the whole of his third work, Consilia moralia, had to be compiled from manuscript notes. These works also went through a series of different editions, and likewise drew upon themselves the accusation of laxity, especially with reference to the question of what is called "mental reservation" (restrictio mentalis). Blaise Pascal in particular criticized him in his Provincial Letters. Of the 26 thesis condemned by Pope Innocent XI, several were in Sanchez's works (see op. mor. in præc. Decalogi, III, vi, n. 15). One of them stated: According to Franz Xavier Wernz (Jus decretalium, IV, n. 20), Sanchez's work De matrimonio was reckoned by the Roman Curia among the classical works on marriage. External links Online Catholic Encyclopedia article on Sanchez References 1550 births 1610 deaths 16th-century Spanish Jesuits 17th-century Spanish Jesuits 17th-century Spanish Roman Catholic theologians 16th-century Spanish Roman Catholic theologians Catholic casuists Deaths from pneumonia in Spain