Jansenism
the doctrinal system of Cornelis Jansen and his followers, denying free will and maintaining that human nature is corrupt and that Christ died for the elect and not for all humanity.
Origin of Jansenism
1Other words from Jansenism
- Jan·sen·ist, noun
- Jan·sen·is·tic, Jan·sen·is·ti·cal, adjective
Words Nearby Jansenism
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How to use Jansenism in a sentence
Such are the barest outlines of the rise and progress of Jansenism during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
The War Upon Religion | Rev. Francis A. CunninghamJansenism was the most vigorous contemporary effort to renovate not only morals but Church doctrine (see Jansenism).
This chapter, wittily entitled (with a touch of Jansenism) "the little number of elect," would be brief were it but a catalogue.
Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas | Remy de GourmontThis question of Jansenism and Molinism occupied France for about two hundred years.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) | Robert G. IngersollHe found fault with his friend for undue favour to the Jesuits, and undue severity towards Jansenism.
The History of Freedom | John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
British Dictionary definitions for Jansenism
/ (ˈdʒænsəˌnɪzəm) /
RC Church the doctrine of the Cornelis Jansen and his disciples, who maintained that salvation was limited to those subject to a supernatural determinism, the rest being destined to perdition
the religious movement arising from these doctrines
Derived forms of Jansenism
- Jansenist, noun, adjective
- Jansenistic or Jansenistical, adjective
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