ÒMartyr to the TruthÓ : The Autobiography of Joseph Turmel

by Talar, C. J. T.; Emery, Elizabeth

• ISBN13: 9781610978378
• ISBN10: 1610978374
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-10-18
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub

Summary

In his autobiography Joseph Turmel (1859-1943) has left an intensely personal account of his struggles to reconcile his Catholic faith with the results of historical-critical methods as those impacted biblical exegesis and the history of dogma. Having lost his faith in 1886, he chose to remain as a priest in the Church, even while he worked to undermine its teachings. He did so initially in writings published under his own name and, as his conclusions became increasingly radical, under a veritable team of pseudonyms. He was excommunicated in 1930. His account of his life is less a discussion and defense of his ideas than it is a moral justification of his conduct. Turmel is associated with the left wing of Roman Catholic Modernism along with Albert Houtin, Marcel HŽbert, and FŽlix Sartiaux

Author Biography

C. J. T. Talar is Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Saint Thomas, Houston. He has published extensively on Roman Catholic Modernism. Elizabeth Emery is Professor of French at Montclair State University. She has published works dedicated to nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European and American literature, art, and history.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
How I Freed Myself of Dogma: A Translation of Joseph Tunnel's Comment j'ai donné conge aux dogmes Translated
Introduction	p. 3
At the Angers Faculty of Theology	p. 5
At the Major Seminary at Rennes	p. 11
March 18, 1886	p. 21
After Liberation	p. 26
Dismissal	p. 33
At the School of Late Vocations	p. 41
At the Chaplaincy of the Little Sisters of the Poor and at the Former Convent of the Carmelites	p. 49
My Introduction to the Revue d'Histoire et de Littérapture Religieuses	p. 62
First Condemnation in 1901	p. 65
My Introduction to the Revue du clergé français	p. 75
Alfred Loisy	p. 82
Note on Three Jesuits	p. 91
How the Roman Church Freed Itself of Me: A Translation of Comment I'Église romaine m'a donné conge Translated
Introduction	p. 95
Dupin and Herzog	p. 97
First Denunciation in 1908	p. 105
Second Denunciation in 1929	p. 138
The Condemnation 152 Conclusion	p. 174
Appendix
The Nouvelles Rennaises of January 29,1931. The Death of Cardinal Charost	p. 191
A Letter of Salomon Reinach to the Mercure de France	p. 193
Note on My Theological Tracts	p. 194
Editors Notes	p. 197
Bibliography of Works Published Under Pseudonym	p. 219
Afterword-Émile Poulat	p. 223
Index	p. 231
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