casuistical

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They were, no doubt, often furnished to him by Nicole or Arnauld, who hunted them through the immense volumes of casuistical divinity in which they were contained. 

From Pascal by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

The article makes no attempt to give a detailed, casuistical examination of the matter of ethical theory.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

But certain casuistical questions arise in connection with this command.

From The Moral Instruction of Children by Adler, Felix

In such a number of casuistical writers, it may be imagined, that some have erred.

From The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion by Dallas, R. C. (Robert Charles)

Hence it is that he is copied even in the casual mistakes he made; and all the casuistical works recently published have inserted in their pages those mistakes.

From Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, May 1865 by