By Those Who Knew Them

by Hill, Harvey; Sardella, Louis-pierre; Talar, C. J. T.

• ISBN13: 9780813215372
• ISBN10: 0813215374
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-01
• Publisher: Catholic Univ of Amer Pr

Summary

"In this researched volume, the authors concentrate on French Modernists. Joseph Turmel and Marcel Hebert, on the left, accorded full authority to critical history and insisted that it discredited Catholic theology. Modernists of the right such as Pierre Batiffol believed in the possibility of reconciling history and theological orthodoxy without radical reformulation of teaching. Alfred Loisy and Archbishop Mignot, in the center, believed radical reformulation was necessary." "The book extends beyond these subjects and encompasses their biographers and commentators, namely Felix Sartiaux, Albert Houtin, Jean Riviere, Henri Bremond, and Louis Lacger. Most of these biographers were themselves active participants in the Modernist movement and were networked among each other in interesting ways. The authors argue that the configuration of the lives of the figures prominent in the Modernist movement sheds light not only upon those participants and their biographers, but upon the perception of Modernism itself by those who were involved."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

C. J. T. Talar is professor of systematic theology at the University of St. Thomas School of Theology at St. Mary's Seminary. Harvey Hill is associate professor in the department of theology and philosophy at Berry College.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The Left
The Morality of Apostasy: Felix Sartiaux's Biography of Joseph Turmel	p. 17
Ideal Modernist: Marcel Hebert	p. 41
The Right
Le Moderniste Malgre Lui: Pierre Batiffol	p. 71
The Center
Houtin's Loisy: The Construction of a Modernist	p. 93
In Defense of Loisy's Mysticism: Bremond's Modernist Confession	p. 122
MGR Mignot, The "Ultimate Modernist"?	p. 150
Bibliography	p. 187
Index	p. 195
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