Joseph Turmel

Joseph Turmel's tombstone

Joseph Turmel (13 December 1859 Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine) – February 1943) was a French Catholic priest, historian of Christian dogmas, who was excommunicated.

Biography

Joseph Turmel was born on 13 December 1859, in Rennes, 142, rue de Saint-Malo. He studied at the seminaries of Rennes and Angers.

Studies and priestly activity

From 1876 to 1880, he studied philosophy and theology at the Major Seminary of the Archdiocese of Rennes, and he continued until 1882 his studies at the Faculty of Theology of University of Angers.

Modernism and excommunication

He was excommunicated for Modernism as a vitandus.

He is sometimes referred to as patristician.

Works

Under his name

Works under pseudonyms:

References

  1. ↑ or at the faculty of theology of Angers.
  2. ↑ Du catholicisme au rationalisme (From Catholicism to rationalism)
  3. ↑ Lannoy, Annelies (10 August 2020). "An Intricate Piece of Institutional History: The Election for the Chair of History of Religions at the Collège de France (1908-1909)". Alfred Loisy and the Making of History of Religions: A Study of the Development of Comparative Religion in the Early 20th Century. Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten. Vol. 74. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. pp. 75, note 1. doi:10.1515/9783110584356. ISBN 978-3-11-058435-6. S2CID 214466342.
  4. ↑ The Contemporary World and the Bible, by Claude Savart, Jean-Noël Aletti, Éditions Beauchesne, 1985, p. 402 .

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