Azor was a man of wide learning, versed in
Greek,
Hebrew, and history. He is best known for his work on moral theology, in three folio volumes:
Institutionum Moralium, in quibus universae quaestiones ad conscientiam recte aut prave factorum pertinentes breviter tractantur pars 1ma, the first volume of which appeared in Rome in 1600, the second six years later, and the last in 1611. The work met with flattering success in Rome and at all the Continental seats of learning, and was honored by a special Brief of
Pope Clement VIII. Numerous editions were brought out at
Brescia,
Venice,
Lyon,
Cologne,
Ingolstadt,
Paris,
Cremona, and Rome. The work continued to hold its position during the succeeding centuries, was strongly recommended by
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet in his synodal statutes, and was held in regard by
Alphonsus Ligouri.
Jean-Pierre Gury speaks of Azor as a moderate
Probabiliorist. There are extant in manuscript other works by Azor; in Rome, in the Jesuit archives, a commentary on the
Canticle of Canticles; at
Würzburg, an exposition of the
Psalms and at Alcalá, several theological treatises on parts of the
Summa Theologiae of
Thomas Aquinas. ==References==