Loisy's "mystical faith": Loisy, Leo XIII, and Sabatier on moral education and the Church.(Alfred Loisy, Auguste Sabatier) From: Theological Studies | Date: March 1, 2004| Author: Hill, Harvey | COPYRIGHT 2004 Theological Studies, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

[The author examines the response to educational reforms in France at the end of the 19th century by Pope Leo XIII, modernist Alfred Loisy, and liberal Protestant Auguste Sabatier. He argues that Loisy resembled Sabatier more than Leo in his specific reactions to these educational reforms, but that he also exhibited a "mystical faith" in the Church which clearly differentiated his thought from Sabatier's.]

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