RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Alfred Loisy

1857 - 1940

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Alfred Firmin Loisy (French: [lwazi]) (28 February 1857 – 1 June 1940) was a French Catholic priest, theologian, and academic, generally regarded as one of the leading figures of the modernist movement within the Roman Catholic Church. He was a critic of traditional views on the interpretation of the Bible, and argued that the methods of modern biblical criticism could aid theology. He famously wrote that "Jesus announced the kingdom, and it is the Church that came". Loisy's views brought him into conflict with the Catholic hierarchy, including Popes Leo XIII and Pius X. In 1893, he was dismissed from his position as professor of the Catholic University of Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Loisy is the 1,608th most popular religious figure (down from 1,545th in 2019), the 2,410th most popular biography from France (up from 2,563rd in 2019) and the 125th most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Alfred Loisy ranks 1,608 out of 3,187. Before him are Jean Daniélou, Pietro I Orseolo, Macarius of Alexandria, John Ball, Menocchio, and Peter Bartholomew. After him are Elizabeth Bolden, Elazar Shach, Pope Timothy II of Alexandria, Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli, Abbo of Fleury, and Benedetto Aloisi Masella.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Alfred Loisy ranks 60. Before him are Juan Vicente Gómez, Jacques de Morgan, Luigi Illica, Ayub Khan, Émile Coué, and Hermann Sudermann. After him are Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg, Herman Bang, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Henry Fairfield Osborn, and Simon Hollósy. Among people deceased in 1940, Alfred Loisy ranks 71. Before him are Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, Arthur Zimmermann, Willi Münzenberg, Nedo Nadi, Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, and Prince Wilhelm of Prussia. After him are Ivane Javakhishvili, Thomas Heath, Olga Boznańska, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Lewis Hine, and José Félix Estigarribia.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alfred Loisy ranks 2,410 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Daniélou (1905), Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (1510), Joan, Duchess of Brittany (1324), Peter Bartholomew (1100), Brigitte Lahaie (1955), and Marie Victoire de Noailles (1688). After him are Adolphe Marbot (1781), Robert de Cotte (1656), Christian-Jaque (1904), Jean-Baptiste Denys (1643), André Navarra (1911), and Paul Hazard (1878).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Alfred Loisy ranks 125. Before him are Peter the Venerable (1092), Peter Chanel (1803), Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron (1731), Ivo of Chartres (1040), Jean Daniélou (1905), and Peter Bartholomew (1100). After him are Abbo of Fleury (945), Julian the Hospitaller (700), Pierre de Castelnau (1170), Saint Martial (300), Germanus of Auxerre (378), and Raymonde de Laroche (1882).

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