"Martyr to the Truth": The Autobiography of Joseph Turmel

by Charles J.T. Talar (Editor), Elizabeth Emery (Translator)

Overview

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 Hebert, and Felix Sartiaux

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781621899518
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	10/18/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	260
File size:	904 KB

About the Author

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.
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 ix

Introduction C. J. T. Talar xi

Part 1 How I Freed Myself of Dogma: A Translation of Joseph Tunnel's Comment j'ai donné conge aux dogmes Translated C. J. T. Talar Elizabeth Emery

Introduction 3

1 At the Angers Faculty of Theology 5

2 At the Major Seminary at Rennes 11

3 March 18, 1886 21

4 After Liberation 26

5 Dismissal 33

6 At the School of Late Vocations 41

7 At the Chaplaincy of the Little Sisters of the Poor and at the Former Convent of the Carmelites 49

8 My Introduction to the Revue d'Histoire et de Littérapture Religieuses 62

9 First Condemnation in 1901 65

10 My Introduction to the Revue du clergé français 75

Alfred Loisy 82

Note on Three Jesuits 91

Part 2 How the Roman Church Freed Itself of Me: A Translation of Comment I'Église romaine m'a donné conge Translated C. J. T. Talar

Introduction 95

1 Dupin and Herzog 97

2 First Denunciation in 1908 105

3 Second Denunciation in 1929 138

4 The Condemnation 152 Conclusion 174

Appendix

I The Nouvelles Rennaises of January 29,1931. The Death of Cardinal Charost 191

II A Letter of Salomon Reinach to the Mercure de France 193

III Note on My Theological Tracts 194

Editors Notes 197

Bibliography of Works Published Under Pseudonym 219

Afterword-Émile Poulat 223

Index 231