RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Alfred Loisy

1857 - 1940

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Alfred Firmin Loisy (French: [lwazi]) (28 February 1857 – 1 June 1940) was a French Roman Catholic priest, professor and theologian generally credited as a founder of modernism in the Roman Catholic Church. He was a critic of traditional views of the interpretation of the Bible, and argued that biblical criticism could be helpful for a theological interpretation of the Bible. He famously wrote "Jesus announced the kingdom, and it is the Church that came". His theological positions brought him into conflict with the church's authorities, including Pope Leo XIII and Pope Pius X. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Loisy has received more than 98,277 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Loisy is the 1,545th most popular religious figure (down from 1,322nd in 2019), the 2,562nd most popular biography from France (down from 2,167th in 2019) and the 131st most popular French Religious Figure.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.31

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  • 1.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Alfred Loisy ranks 1,545 out of 3,187. Before him are Michael the Syrian, Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Guillaume Dubois, Marcellin Champagnat, Julian Cesarini, and Anna Schäffer. After him are Nicolaus Olahus, Nusaybah bint Ka'ab, Hilarion of Kiev, Agobard, Leodegar, and Emil Brunner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Alfred Loisy ranks 61. Before him are Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin, Jacques de Morgan, A. E. Waite, Herman Bang, Gotō Shinpei, and Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg. After him are Luigi Illica, Fergus Suter, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, Émile Cohl, Oskar von Hutier, and Julius Popper. Among people deceased in 1940, Alfred Loisy ranks 71. Before him are Phan Bội Châu, Luigi Orione, Jehan Alain, Henri Desgrange, Janina Lewandowska, and J.-H. Rosny aîné. After him are Gjergj Fishta, Robert Hichens, Oliver Lodge, Olga Boznańska, John A. Hobson, and Abdelhamid Ben Badis.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alfred Loisy ranks 2,562 out of 6,770. Before him are Theobald III, Count of Blois (1019), Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta (1772), Christophe Galtier (1966), Marie-Claire Alain (1926), Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (1555), and Simone Simon (1911). After him are Guillaume Thomas François Raynal (1713), Jean-Pierre Raffarin (1948), Vladimir Jankélévitch (1903), Charles Vanel (1892), Jean Raspail (1925), and Robert de Cotte (1656).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Alfred Loisy ranks 131. Before him are Madeleine Sophie Barat (1779), Mamertus (401), Hugh of Châteauneuf (1053), Jean Daniélou (1905), Guillaume Dubois (1656), and Marcellin Champagnat (1789). After him are Leodegar (616), Eugène de Mazenod (1782), Eucherius of Lyon (380), Charles Lavigerie (1825), Emmeram of Regensburg (600), and Sulpitius the Pious (576).

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