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{{Short description|French archivist (1842–1902)}}
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[[File:Doinel, Jules.jpg|right|thumb|Jules Doinel]]
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| name = Jules-Benoit du Val-Michel Stanislas Doinel
| alternate name = Tau Valentin II
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| consecrated by 2 = [[Léonce Eugène Joseph Fabre des Essarts]] (Tau Synésius)
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| bishop 1 = [[Louis-Sophrone Fugairon]] (Tau Sophronius)
| consecration date 1 = 1892
| bishop 2 = [[Albert Jounet]] (Tau Théodotus)
| consecration date 2 = 1892
| bishop 3 = [[Marie Chauvel de Chauvigny]]
| consecration date 3 = 1892
| bishop 4 = [[Gérard Anaclet Vincent Encausse]] (Papus/Tau Vincent)
| consecration date 4 = 18 September 1892
| bishop 5 = [[Lucien Mauchel]] (Tau Bardesane)
| consecration date 5 = 10 December 1892
| bishop 6 = [[Albert Raymond Costet-Conde]] (Viscount of Mascheville/Master Cedaior)
| consecration date 6 = 1893
| bishop 7 = [[Léonce Eugène Joseph Fabre des Essarts]] (Tau Synésius)
| consecration date 7 = 8 July 1894
| bishop 8 = [[Déodat Roché]] (Tau Theodotos)
| consecration date 8 = 1903
| bishop 9 = [[Francois-Charles Barlet]] (Albert Faucheux)
| consecration date 9 = Unknown
| bishop 10 = [[Yvon Le Loup]] (Tau Paulas/Paul Sédir)
| consecration date 10 = Unknown
| bishop 11 = [[Jules Lejay]]
| consecration date 11 = Unknown
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'''Jules-Benoît Stanislas Doinel du Val-Michel''' (8 December 1842 in [[Moulins, Allier]] – 16 or 17 March 1903), also known simply as '''Jules Doinel''' or '''Tau Valentin II''' was an [[archivist]] and the founder of the first [[Gnosticism in modern times|Gnostic church]] in modern times who claims, that he was consecrated into a new episcopal lineage in a dream by the "Eon Jesus".<ref>[[#refEgliseGnostique|"Eglise Gnostique"]]</ref>

==Gnostic Church revival==
After spiritual experiences in 1888–89, he proclaimed 1890 the beginning of "the era of Gnosis restored", Doinel assumed the office of Patriarch of the {{langnf|fr|[[Église Gnostique]]|Gnostic Church}}, taking the ecclesiastical name of '''Tau Valentin II''', after [[Valentinius]], the 2nd century Christian Gnostic teacher.<ref>[[#refPearsWicca|Pearson, J. (2007) p. 46]]<br>- [[#refWaiteDevil|Waite (1896) p. 185]]</ref>

The doctrinal orientation of the church was based on extant [[Catharism|Cathar]] documents, with the [[Gospel of John]], and a strong influence of [[Simon Magus|Simonian]] and [[Valentinus (Gnostic)|Valentinian]] [[cosmology]]. The church was officially established in autumn 1890 in [[Paris (France)|Paris, France]]. Liturgical services were based on Cathar rituals. Clergy were both male and female, having male bishops and female "''sophias''".<ref>[[#refHoellGnos|Hoeller (2002) p. 176-8]]</ref>

Doinel was "spiritually consecrated" in a spiritual experience in 1888 and not into a line of [[apostolic succession]]. Doinel subsequently consecrated a number of bishops for the ''Église Gnostique'', notably [[Gérard Encausse]], founder of the closely allied [[Martinist Order]].<ref>[[#refPearsWicca|Pearson, J. (2007) p. 47]]<br>- [[#refHoellGnos|Hoeller (2002) p. 177]]</ref>

==Anti-masonic period (1895–1897)==
In 1895, Doinel resigned from the ''Église Gnostique'', leaving the leadership of the church to a council of bishops. He then converted to [[Roman Catholicism]] and began a collaboration with [[Léo Taxil]], being one of many taken in  by Taxil's [[Taxil hoax|anti-masonic hoax]]. Under the name '''Jean Kostka''', Doinel wrote a book attacking freemasonry, entitled ''Lucifer Unmasked'', in which he associated many of his prior activities with the diabolic. [[A. E. Waite]] described ''Lucifer Unmasked'' and revealed the real identity of its author in  ''Devil Worship in France'', his exposé of the anti-masonic movement that Taxil inspired.<ref>[[#refWaiteDevil|Waite (1896) p. 184]]</ref> Taxil unveiled his hoax in 1897.

==Reconciliation==
Doinel was readmitted as a bishop in the ''Église Gnostique'' in 1900.

==See also==
* [[Marie Sinclair, Countess of Caithness]]

== Notes ==
{{reflist|3}}

== References ==
{{refbegin}}
*<cite id=refEgliseGnostique>{{cite web
  |url=https://sites.google.com/site/gnostickos/lineage36
  |title=Eglise Gnostique
  |website=sites.google.com/site/gnostickos}}</cite>
*<cite id=refHoellGnos>{{cite book
  | last = Hoeller
  | first = Stephan
  | author-link = Stephan A. Hoeller
  | title = Gnosticism: New light on the ancient tradition of inner knowing
  | publisher = Quest Books
  }}</cite>
*<cite id=refPearsWicca>{{cite book
  | last = Pearson
  | first = Joanne
  | title = Wicca and the Christian Heritage
  | publisher = Routledge
  | year = 2007
  | location = New York
  | isbn = 978-0-415-25414-4}}</cite>
*<cite id=refWaiteDevil>{{cite book
  | last = Waite
  | first = A. E.
  | author-link = A. E. Waite
  | title = Devil Worship in France
  | year = 1896
  | pages = 182–187
  | url = http://www.sacred-texts.com/evil/dwf/dwf11.htm
  }}</cite>
{{refend}}
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