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Originally published in 1934, this book examines the Modernist movement in Roman Catholicism from its beginnings around 1890 until its conclusion around 1910.
List of contents
Preface; Introduction; Part I. The Roman Church in the Nineteenth Century: 1. The beginning of the Catholic revival; 2. The new ultramontanism and liberal Catholicism in France (1814-48); 3. Liberals and intransigents in France (1848-78); 4. Liberal Catholicism in Germany; 5. Liberal Catholicism in Italy; 6. Liberal Catholicism in England; 7. Newman; 8. The accession of Leo XIII and the effects of his policy; Part II. Loisy: 9. Vocation (1857-92); 10. The biblical question (1893); 11. Revising dogma (1894-99); 12. Preliminary skirmishes (1900-2); 13. The challenge of liberal Protestantism; 14. 'L'évangile et l'église (1902); 15. 'Autour d'un petit livre' (1903); 16. 'Res dissociabiles' (1904-8); Part III. Tyrrell: 17. A convert disillusioned (1861-1901); 18. 'Lex orandi,' 'Lex credendi' (1901-6); 19. Prophet of revolution (1906-9); 20. Loisy and Tyrrell; Part IV. Other Modernists: Other Modernisms: 21. In France; 22. In Italy; 23. In Germany; 24. In England; 25. Summary observations; Part V. The Outcome of the Modernist Movement: 26. Within the Roman church; 27. Outside the Roman church; Appendix I. On the use of the terms 'modernism', 'modernist'; Appendix II. Lamennais on the need of doctrinal renovation; Bibliography; Index.
Summary
Originally published in 1934, this book examines the Modernist movement in Roman Catholicism from its beginnings around 1890 until its conclusion around 1910. Vidler examines the pre-Modernist condition of Catholicism in France, Germany, Italy and England and the outcome of the modernist movement both within and outside of the Catholic Church.
