Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier

Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier (28 February 1863 – 20 May 1936) was a French prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. Quotes It was but natural that in view of the extraordinary discoveries made in recent years in physics, mechanics and chemistry, the minds of men should be fascinated by new and unheard-of physical, mechanical and chemical phenomena, admitting of scientific examination, and holding out such rich and transcendent promises. Now, by imitating and even surpassing the effects of natural agents, pure spiritual substances can thus easily conceal their operation and gain access to man. They can even, on the pretence of furthering scientific progress, induce man to indulge in these unlawful practices, and thus attack him unawares. This is so much easier in an age when the study of the human soul and its faculties, and of the angelic nature and the spiritual world in general, is so greatly and universally neglected. The Unseen World: An Exposition of Catholic Theology in its Telation to Modern Spiritism (1906) External links Alexis Lépicier Alexis Lépicier Category:1863 births Category:Catholics from France Category:Clergy from France Category:Cardinals Category:1936 deaths