- Hermann Busenbaum
Hermann Busenbaum (or Busembaum) (
1600 -31 January 1668 ), Jesuit theologian, was born atNottelen inWestphalia (Germany ).He attained fame as a master of
casuistry , and out of his lectures to students atCologne grew his celebrated book "Medulla theologiae moralis, facili ac perspicua methodo resolvens casus conscientiae" (1645). The manual obtained a wide popularity and passed through over two hundred editions before 1776. Pierre Lacroix added considerably to its bulk, and editions in two folio volumes appeared in both Germany (1710-1714) andFrance (1729). In these sections onmurder and especially onregicide were much amplified, and in connection with Damiens' attempt on the life of Louis XV the book was severely handled by the parlement of Paris. AtToulouse in 1757, though the offending sections were repudiated by the heads of the Jesuit colleges, the "Medulla" was publicly burned, and the episode undoubtedly led the way to theduc de Choiseul 's attack on the Jesuits. Busenbaum also wrote a book on the ascetic life, "Lilium inter spinas". He became rector of the Jesuit college atHildesheim and then atMünster , where he died on31 January 1668 , being at the time father-confessor to BishopBernard of Galen .References
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* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03086c.htm Catholic Encyclopedia article]
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