Encyclopedia Wikipedia Related to Jansenism:quietism,Cornelius Jansen Jan·sen·ism (jăn′sə-nĭz′əm) n. The theological principles of Cornelis Jansen, which emphasize predestination, deny free will, and maintain that human nature is incapable of good. They were condemned as heretical ...
Jan·sen·ism ˈjan(t)-sə-ˌni-zəm 1 : a system of doctrine based on moral determinism, defended by various reformist factions among 17th and 18th century western European Roman Catholic clergy, religious, and scholars, and condemned as heretical by papal authority 2 : ...
Jansenism, in Roman Catholic history, a controversial religious movement in the 17th and 18th centuries that arose out of the theological problem of reconciling divine grace and human freedom. It appeared chiefly in France, the Low Countries, and Italy.
From the Catholic EncyclopediaCornelius Jansen, Bishop of Ypres (Cornelius Jansenius Yprensis), from whom Jansenism derives its origin and name, must not be confounded with another writer and bishop of the same name Cornelius Jansenius Gandavensis (1510-1576), of whom we possess several books ...
1 : a system of doctrine based on moral determinism, defended by various reformist factions among 17th and 18th century western European Roman Catholic clergy, religious, and scholars, and condemned as heretical by papal authority 2 : a puritanical attitude (as toward sex) ...