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“It seems obvious to me that the notion of God has never been anything but a kind of ideal projection, a reflection upward of the human personality, and that theology never has been and never can be anything but a more and more purified mythology.”

Quote by Alfred Loisy

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Alfred Loisy (February 28, 1857 - June 1, 1940) was a prominent French theologian, historian, and expert in Jesus studies. He was one of the most influential Jesus scholars of the early 20th century. more

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