Alphonsian

English Etymology From en la:Alphonsus Alphons(us) -ian. Adjective - en Catholicism Of or relating to Alphonsus Liguori (1696–1787), Italian Catholic bishop, writer and theologian. en 2008 w:Charles E. Curran Catholic Moral Theology in the United States: A History The Nineteenth Century Washington, D.C. w:Georgetown University Press 9781589011953 enB4otKhEFwC 6 Alphonsian Four characteristics of nineteenth-century European moral theology stand out—the dominance of the manualist tradition, the general acceptance of the Alphonsian approach, a growing ultramontanism stressing the primacy and central role of the papacy in the Church,