Michael Müller
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Fr. Michael Müller C.Ss.R.
(1825–1899) was a prolific Catholic writer of the 19th century in the United States
. Father Müller always submitted his works to two Redemptorist theologians (as the Redemptorist Congregation's rule required) and to his religious superiors before publication.
Eifel
region. He joined the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
and was under the spiritual direction of Joseph Passerat
. In 1851, Frater Mueller was one of eleven clerics and priests chosen by the American Redemptorist Provincial to be sent to the United States. He completed his theological studies in Cumberland, Maryland
, and was ordained on March 26, 1853, by the Redemptorist Bishop of Philadelphia, John Nepomucene Neumann.
After ordination, Father Mueller took spiritual care of professed students at Cumberland. Three years later, he was appointed Superior and Novice Master at the Congregation’s foundation in Annapolis, Maryland
. In subsequent years, he served the Redemptorist communities of America in a variety of capacities, including Consultor to the Provincial.
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
The Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer is a Roman Catholic missionary Congregation founded by Saint Alphonsus Liguori at Scala, near Amalfi, Italy for the purpose of labouring among the neglected country people in the neighbourhood of Naples.Members of the Congregation, priests and brothers,...
(1825–1899) was a prolific Catholic writer of the 19th century in the United States
United States
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. Father Müller always submitted his works to two Redemptorist theologians (as the Redemptorist Congregation's rule required) and to his religious superiors before publication.
Life
Müller ("Mueller" in English spelling) was born on December 18, 1825, in the village Brück in the GermanGermany
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Eifel
Eifel
The Eifel is a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the south of the German-speaking Community of Belgium....
region. He joined the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
The Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer is a Roman Catholic missionary Congregation founded by Saint Alphonsus Liguori at Scala, near Amalfi, Italy for the purpose of labouring among the neglected country people in the neighbourhood of Naples.Members of the Congregation, priests and brothers,...
and was under the spiritual direction of Joseph Passerat
Joseph Passerat
Joseph Passerat was a French Redemptorist. He was beatified in 2000.-Life:He was expelled from the seminary, imprisoned, and forced to serve in the army from 1788 to 1792. Owing to his height he was made drum-major, and later quarter-master...
. In 1851, Frater Mueller was one of eleven clerics and priests chosen by the American Redemptorist Provincial to be sent to the United States. He completed his theological studies in Cumberland, Maryland
Cumberland, Maryland
Cumberland is a city in the far western, Appalachian portion of Maryland, United States. It is the county seat of Allegany County, and the primary city of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 20,859, and the metropolitan area had a...
, and was ordained on March 26, 1853, by the Redemptorist Bishop of Philadelphia, John Nepomucene Neumann.
After ordination, Father Mueller took spiritual care of professed students at Cumberland. Three years later, he was appointed Superior and Novice Master at the Congregation’s foundation in Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County. It had a population of 38,394 at the 2010 census and is situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east of Washington, D.C. Annapolis is...
. In subsequent years, he served the Redemptorist communities of America in a variety of capacities, including Consultor to the Provincial.
Some of his book titles
- The Blessed Eucharist: Our Greatest Treasure (1868)
- Prayer: the Key to Salvation (1874)
- Familiar Explanation of Christian Doctrine (1875) This book defended the rigorist interpretation of the doctrine of EENS, which caused some liberal priests to write against him, and Fr. Muller wrote a whole book responding to objections in 1888: The Catholic Dogma: Extra Ecclesiam Nullus Omnino Salvatur
- Triumph of the Blessed Sacrament: Or History of Nicola Aubry (1877)
- The Prodigal Son, or, The Sinner's Return to God.
- Public School Education
- God the Teacher of Mankind (1877) in nine volumes:
- Volume I. The Church and Her Enemies.
- II. The Apostles Creed.
- III. The First and Greatest Commandment.
- IV. Explanation of the Commandments continued. (Google Books)
- V. Dignity, Authority and Duties of Parents, Ecclesiastical and Civil Powers. Their Enemy.
- VI. Grace and the Sacraments.
- VII. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
- VIII. Holy Eucharist and Penance.
External links
Some of his book titles http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=M%C3%BCller%2C%20Michael%201825-1899- THE CATHOLIC DOGMA, by Father Michael Mueller (a Book Review) (Saint Benedict Center)
- The Case of Father Michael Mueller (Saint Benedict Center)