August Lehmkuhl
August Lehmkuhl (born September 23, 1834 in Hagen ; † June 23, 1918 in the Ignatius College in Valkenburg ) was a Catholic clergyman, Jesuit and moral theologian .
Life
August Lehmkuhl was born as the son of a furrier in Hagen. After graduating from high school in 1853 at the Royal High School at Burgplatz in Essen , he studied Catholic theology and entered the Jesuit order ( Maria Laach ). As a teacher of moral theology he traveled to England (1872) and worked in Paraguay . At the Jesuit University in Valkenburg / Netherlands he taught as a professor of moral theology. The focus of his research was probabilism , the position on the workers question , strikes and alcohol consumption . He was also active as a social politician. One of his students and his later successor in office was Franz Hürth .
Fonts
- Theologia Moralis , 2 volumes, 1883 ff.
- Moral theology and the criticism of its method . In: Voices from Maria Laach . 61 (1901), pp. 275-287.
- Casus Conscientiae ad usum confessariorum . 2 volumes, 1901.
- Probabilism Vindicatus . 1906.
literature
- Heinrich Bacht: Lehmkuhl, Augustine. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-428-00195-8 , p. 103 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Thomas Schwartz: Moral theology in transition. August Lehmkuhl in the field of tension between neo-scholasticism and casuistry , Manuscript Rome (PUG) 1991.
- Festschrift for the centenary of the grammar school on Burgplatz in Essen. Baedeker, Essen 1924.
Web links
- Literature by and about August Lehmkuhl in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lehmkuhl, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German clergyman, Jesuit and moral theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 1918 |
| Place of death | Valkenburg aan de Geul |