The Philosopher

Alfred Loisy

The face

The background

Nationality:
French
Schools:
Catholic University of Paris, École pratique des Hautes Études, University of Paris, Collège de France
Branchs:
Modernism in the Catholic Church, Biblical criticism, History of religions
Period:
1879–1931

The synopsis

The works

The quotes

It seems obvious to me that the notion of God has never been anything but a kind of ideal projection, a reflection upward of the human personality, and that theology never has been and never can be anything but a more and more purified mythology.
Alfred Loisy
The search for truth is not a trade by which a man can support himself; for a priest it is a supreme peril .
Alfred Loisy