Moral Theology: Its Method and Masters
Linsenmann, Franc. Xav.
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1835–1898
In the Index: Linsenmann, F. X.
Life
Born 28 November 1835, Rottweil; died 21 September 1898, Lauterbach near Schramberg. [Deutsche Biographie]
- Studied at Tübingen 1854-1858; ordained 1859; professor of moral theology at Tübingen from 1867 (ordinary professor of moral and pastoral theology 1872), rector of the university 1887-1888. [Deutsche Biographie]
- Canon of Rottenburg 1889; elected Bishop of Rottenburg in July 1898, he died before his consecration. [Deutsche Biographie]
- His Lehrbuch der Moraltheologie (Freiburg, 1878) turned away from heavy casuistry toward a more psychological and speculative treatment, and in the probabilism question stressed the conscience of the person deciding. [Deutsche Biographie]
- Also wrote on Baius and the beginnings of Jansenism (1867) and on the ethics of Meister Eckhart (1873). [Deutsche Biographie]
Sources: Deutsche Biographie (Neue Deutsche Biographie / Historische Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften). Each fact names where it was read; the links go to the page or entry itself.
In Prümmer's Catalogue and Haringer's Index
- “Linsenmann, Franc. Xav., German (1835-1898), among other things wrote Lehrbuch der Moraltheologie, Freiburg im Breisgau 1878, a clear work, but not always correct.” — Prümmer, Catalogue of authors
Where Our Authors Discuss Him
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| “Dr. Linsenmann's Lehrbuch der Moraltheologie (Freiburg 1878) exercised great influence upon contemporary theology. It is followed in this Handbook”Koch-Preuss: his Lehrbuch is the one their Handbook follows | Koch-Preuss, Handbook I, history of moral theology |
No article in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913).