Hermann Busenbaum

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Theologia moralis , 1740 (Milano, Fondazione Mansutti )

Hermann Busenbaum or Busembaum (born September 19, 1600 in Nottuln , † January 31, 1668 in Münster ) was a Jesuit and theologian.

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Hermann Busenbaum is known as a master of casuistry . The book Medulla theologiae moralis, facili ac perspicua methodo resolvens casus conscientiae (1645) grew out of his lectures at Cologne University . This book is considered a standard work; by 1776 it appeared in more than two hundred printed editions. Father Claude Lacroix (1652–1714) expanded the original work to two strong volumes through extensive commentary; its edition was published in two folio volumes in Germany (1710–1714) and France (1729). The sections on murder and especially regicide have been greatly expanded. In connection with Damiens ' assassination attempt on the French King Louis XV. this book came into view of the Parlement . In Toulouse the medulla was finally burned publicly in 1757, although the problematic passages would have been withdrawn by the Jesuit college.

Busenbaum also wrote a book on the ascetic life ( Lilium inter spinas ). He became rector of the Jesuit College of Hildesheim , most recently in Münster , where he was also the confessor of Bishop Christoph Bernhard Graf von Galen .

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SURNAME Busenbaum, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Busembaum, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jesuit theologian
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1600
PLACE OF BIRTH Nottuln
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1668
Place of death Muenster