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Definition of Jansenism
1. Noun. The Roman Catholic doctrine of Cornelis Jansen and his disciples; salvation is limited to those who are subject to supernatural determinism and the rest are assigned to perdition.
Definition of Jansenism
1. n. The doctrine of Jansen regarding free will and divine grace.
Definition of Jansenism
1. Noun. The Catholic doctrines of Cornelius Jansen and his followers, which emphasise original sin, divine grace and predestination. ¹
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Literary usage of Jansenism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1866)
"These considerations will enable the reader to see the immense importance of that
revival of jansenism, which took place in the French church during the ..."
2. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1907)
"This may be assumed as the last struggle over what were conceived to be the
doctrinal errors of jansenism, and subsequent persecution was directed against ..."
3. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"In 1864 he was elected member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences.
He was, in the main, eclectic, a disciple of Cousin. jansenism : Ger ..."
4. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"jansenism : Ger. jansenismus ; Fr. Jansénisme ; Ital. Giansenismo. The system of
Cornelius Janeen, the distinctive feature of which is its reassertion, ..."
5. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1895)
"For, jansenism being essentially Calvinistic,12 those tendencies appeared in
France by which Calvinism is marked. There appeared the inquisitive, ..."
6. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Frederic Harrison (1896)
"T . yet it was in France that jansenism arose,— a heresy almost as injurious ...
As it was, jansenism showed its anti-catholic tendencies by its antipathy ..."
7. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"As jansenism shrunk more and more to the proportions of a harassed sect, these
were multiplied a hundredfold. About 1728 the " miracles of St Medard ..."
8. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"As jansenism shrunk more and more to the proportions of a harassed sect, these
were multiplied a hundredfold. About 1728 the "miracles of St Medard " became ..."
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