According to Dominican theologian Jordan Aumann, Scaramelli was the first to use the term "asceticism" in contradistinction to the older word mystical after the term had been introduced by the Franciscan friar named Dobrosielski into the Latin usage of western theology in 1655. The 1913
Catholic Encyclopedia praises Scaramelli's work on ethics in his
Directorium Asceticum, crediting it with standing the test of time and integrating well with modern psychology. ==Writings==