Jansenism

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Jansenism was a 17th-century Catholic reform movement emphasizing original sin, human depravity, the necessity of divine grace, and a rigorist moral theology, strongly associated with French intellectual and religious circles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic reform movement
religious movement
associatedWith French intellectual circles
French religious circles
basedOnWork Augustinus
linked to: Augustine of Hippo
centeredIn Port-Royal Abbey
condemnedBy Pope Alexander VII
Pope Clement XI
Pope Innocent X
Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
condemnedInDocument Ad sanctam beati Petri sedem
Cum occasione
Unigenitus Dei Filius
countryOfOrigin France
declinePeriod 18th century
emphasizes human depravity
necessity of divine grace
original sin
rigorist moral theology
foundedOnWritingsOf Cornelius Jansen
hasDoctrine denial of sufficient grace for all
infrequent communion
moral rigorism
strict view of sacraments
hasKeyConcept efficacious grace
limited atonement (in practice)
predestination
hasNotableSupporter Antoine Arnauld
Blaise Pascal
Jean Racine
historicalPeriod Ancien Régime France
linked to: Ancien Régime
influenced Blaise Pascal
French Catholic spirituality
Port-Royal logic and pedagogy
linked to: Port-Royal Logic
influencedBy Augustine of Hippo
languageOfDiscourse French
Latin
mainClassification Christian theology
namedAfter Cornelius Jansen
opposedBy Jesuits
linked to: Society of Jesus

Society of Jesus
opposedTo Jesuit casuistry
moral laxism
relatedTo Augustinianism
Calvinism
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
startTime 17th century
theologicalPositionOnGrace irresistible grace for the elect
viewOnFreeWill limited human freedom after the Fall

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Blaise Pascal movement Jansenism
Armand de Bourbon, Prince de Conti associatedWith Jansenist circles
linked to: Jansenism
Augustinian theology influenced Jansenism
Port-Royal-des-Champs knownFor Jansenism
In eminenti condemns Jansenism
subject linked to: bull "In eminenti"
Antoine Arnauld movement Jansenism
Jean Racine religiousBackground Jansenism
Pensées associatedMovement Jansenism
Pope Clement XI concernedWith Jansenism
Jacqueline Pascal movement Jansenism
Jacqueline Pascal associatedWith Jansenist movement
linked to: Jansenism
Expulsion of the Jesuits from France participant Jansenists
linked to: Jansenism
Expulsion of the Jesuits from France supportedBy Jansenists
linked to: Jansenism
Armand de Bourbon, Prince de Conti associatedWith Jansenism
subject linked to: Armand de Bourbon
Port-Royal Abbey subjectOf Jansenist controversy
linked to: Jansenism
Pierre Nicole movement Jansenism
Pierre Nicole religion Jansenism
Port-Royal de Paris affiliation Jansenism
Port-Royal de Paris movement French Jansenism
linked to: Jansenism
Jean Duvergier de Hauranne influenced French Jansenists
linked to: Jansenism
Cornelius Jansen movement Jansenism
Cornelius Jansen inspired Jansenist movement
linked to: Jansenism
Port-Royal Solitaries associatedWith Jansenist controversy
linked to: Jansenism
Jesuits in France opposedBy Jansenists in France
linked to: Jansenism
Saint-Cyran movement Jansenism
Musée national de Port-Royal des Champs focusesOn Jansenist movement
linked to: Jansenism