The Église gallicane, or the Gallican Church, was a French Christian denomination founded by a former

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priest,

Hyacinthe Loyson Charles Jean Marie Loyson (10 March 1827 – 9 February 1912), better known by his religious name Père Hyacinthe, was a famous French preacher and theologian. He was a Roman Catholic priest who had been a Sulpician and a Dominican novice ...

. Loyson was considered to be the most effective pulpit orator of his day. In 1868, he was summoned to Rome and was ordered to stop preaching on any controversial subject, and to confine himself exclusively to those subjects upon which all Roman Catholics were united in belief. With Fr.

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, Hyacinthe Loyson opposed what he saw as reactionary tendencies wrought by Vatican Council I. Loyson openly and publicly questioned the way in which the council was convened. He was also an outspoken opponent of the doctrine of

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. In June 1869, Loyson delivered an address before the

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, which was founded by

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, in which he described the

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, the

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, and the

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as the three great religions of civilized peoples. This expression elicited severe censures from the Catholic press. Ten years later ''

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'' published a jibing headline (October 30, 1883) which read: "The entire Gallican Church, consisting of the Rev. M. LOYSON and his wife, is now in this country. M. LOYSON arrived here on Sunday last, and there is no doubt that he will be warmly received by his many admirers."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Eglise Gallicane Christian denominations founded in France Old Catholic denominations Christian organizations established in 1916

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