ATEISMUS, MODERNISMUS, INTEGRÁLNÍ KATOLICISMUS. K NĚKTERÝM ASPEKTŮM EXKOMUNIKACE ALFREDA LOISYHO

This study deals with some aspects in the process of personal development of French biblical scholar and priest Alfred Loisy (1857–1940), especially from the entry of his books into the Index of Forbidden Books to his excommunication in 1908. It focuses on the dynamics and character of the conflict between Loisy and the church representatives and on the theme of his religious faith or infidelity (atheism). It discusses the main motives for the dispute between Loisy and the conservative ecclesiastical circles in France and at the Roman Curia, which was mainly related to the image of the Church and the way in which power was exercised in it.