Jesuit theologian, born Valladolid, Spain, 1589; died there, 1669. The orthodoxy of his writings is above criticism, hence Pascal's efforts to fasten the charge of laxism on Escobar's "Manual of Cases of Conscience" do not merit serious consideration.
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