Muller, Ern.

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1822–1888

Life

Born 30 June 1822, Irritz (Jiřice), Moravia; died 28 September 1888, Linz. [Deutsche Biographie; Wikipedia, 'Ernest Maria Müller']

Ernest Maria Müller: ordained 1846; professor of moral theology at the University of Vienna 1857–1868 and director of the seminary there 1863–1885, of great standing as a trainer of priests (ADB, on the Deutsche Biographie page). [Deutsche Biographie]
His Theologia moralis (3 vols., Vienna, 1868–1876) was revised after his death by A. Schmuckenschläger (vols. I-II, 8th ed. 1899; vol. III, 7th ed. 1902) (ADB); Prümmer praises in it solid and clear doctrine joined with learning and piety. [Deutsche Biographie; Prümmer, Catalogue of authors]
Named Bishop of Linz on 17 February 1885, preconized 27 March, consecrated at Vienna by Cardinal Ganglbauer on 26 April and enthroned at Linz on 3 May (ADB). [Deutsche Biographie]

Sources: Deutsche Biographie (Neue Deutsche Biographie / Historische Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften); Wikipedia; Prümmer, Manuale theologiae moralis, Catalogue of authors (on this site). Each fact names where it was read; the links go to the page or entry itself.

In Prümmer's Catalogue and Haringer's Index

“Muller, Ern., Austrian, bishop of Linz (1822-1888), elaborated Theologia moralis, often edited, also after the author's death. In this work there is not only solid and clear doctrine, but also knowledge and piety are neatly united, so that instruction and one's own edification can be drawn from it at the same time.” — Prümmer, Catalogue of authors

His Moral System, as Our Authors Report It

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Equiprobabilist
Counted among them by 4 of our authors	Noldin, Summa I, n. 243; Marc, Institutiones I, n. 86; Tanquerey, Fundamental Moral Theology, n. 405; Prümmer, Manuale I, n. 341

Where Our Authors Discuss Him

Each read in its full passage; the words quoted are the author's own. Where several authors say the same thing, one is quoted and the others follow “in nearly the same words”; point at a name to see his words.

“the distinguished Ernest Muller bearing witness, Introduction, 211”Marc divides the history of moral theology after him and quotes him at length on the third period	Marc, Institutiones I, n. 6
“Equiprobabilism is today taught almost everywhere in the schools”Marc quotes him (1878)	Marc, Institutiones I, n. 100
“among recent authors, Carriere, Lehmkuhl, Muller, Bouquillon, Ballerini, and Noldin”Tanquerey names him among the recent authors he often kept before his eyes	Tanquerey, Synopsis, Preface (1902)
“which is notable for solidity of doctrine and perspicuity of style: he defends equiprobabilism”	Tanquerey, Fundamental Moral Theology, n. 54
“Certain recent theologians rightly understood this, such as Muller, Lehmkuhl, Bouquillon”Tanquerey: they rightly joined the virtues to the doctrine of obligation, and he follows them	Tanquerey, Fundamental Moral Theology, n. 55
“E. M. Müller (+ 1888)”Koch-Preuss name him among recent authors who use the Scholastic method for the practical needs of the confessor	Koch-Preuss, Handbook I, history of moral theology

Works Our Authors Used

Ernestus Muller, Doctor of Sacred Theology, Canon, and Professor Emeritus in the University of Vienna (now Bishop of Linz) - Theologia moralis; 2nd edition, 3 vols. (Vienna, 1873-76). — Marc's list
Muller, Theologia Moralis, 7th ed., Vienna, 1894. — Tanquerey's list
Muller, Theologia Moralis, 7th ed., Vienna, 1894. — Tanquerey's list
Muller, E., 1822-1888, Theologia Moralis, Vienna (Mayer), 1894. — Tanquerey's list

No article in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913).