Jean-Pierre Gury (23 January 1801 in Mailleroncourt, Haute-Saône – 18 April 1866 in Mercœur, Haute-Loire) was a French Jesuit moral theologian.
); the edition adapted to Spain and Latin America by Ferreres (Barcelona, 4th ed., 1909); finally the Compendium ad mentis P. Gury by Bulot (Tournay and Paris, 1908).
His method was to proceed by question and answer, taking in the exposition of principles and their conclusions, and finally adding the discussion of more special points.
He also knew how to blend happily in his lessons solidity and variety, a quality that gained for him the appointment to the chair of moral theology at the Roman College from Jan Roothaan.
Opportunity for actual contact with souls was afforded him by numerous confessions, which he heard during retreats and missions conducted by him in vacations.