HOUTIN, ALBERT. - Modernist, b. 4 Oct. 1867 at La Flèche (Sarthe), d. 30 July 1926 in Paris. Ordained a priest in 1891, he taught at the Seminary of Angers. He published La controverse de l'apostolicité des Eglises de France au XIXe siècle (Paris 1900), in which he denied the reliability of the tradition concerning the origins of the diocese of Angers; he was called to order by his own bishop. Having moved the following year to Paris, he preached at St. Sulpice, but had to leave that office after the publication of the work La question biblique chez les catholiques de France au XIXe siècle (Paris 1902), which had wide resonance and opened the way to the boldest modernist manifestations; it was placed on the Index on 4 Dec. 1903 together with Mes difficultés avec mon évêque. Equally condemned were: L'américanisme (Paris 1903: decr. 3 June 1904); La question biblique au XIXe siècle (ibid. 1905: decr. 11 Dec. 1906); La crise du clergé (ibid. 1907: decr. 26 July 1907); works rich in information on the modernist movement, of which H. was an ardent publicist. In 1912 he laid aside the priestly habit and published the Histoire du modernisme catholique (ibid. 1913). A Courte histoire du célibat ecclésiastique, completed by Turmel, came out in Paris in 1929. Autobiographical in character are: Ma vie laïque and Une vie de prêtre (Paris 1926).
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Furlani, Silvio. “Houtin, albert.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 1487. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/houtin-albert.
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author = {Furlani, Silvio},
title = {Houtin, albert},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VI},
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publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/houtin-albert}
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