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1. Jansenism
   [n] - the Roman Catholic doctrine of Cornelis Jansen and his disciples
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2. Jansenism
   Christian teaching of Cornelius Jansen, which divided the Roman Catholic Church in France in the mid-17th century. Emphasizing the more predestinatory approach of St Augustine of Hippo's teaching,...
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3. Jansenism
   Jan'sen·ism noun [ French Jansénisme .] (Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine of Jansen regarding free will and divine grace.
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4. Jansenism
   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
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5. Jansenism
   • (n.) The doctrine of Jansen regarding free will and divine grace.
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6. Jansenism
   (from the article `Roman Catholicism`) The church in France was the scene of controversies other than those connected with administration and politics. In his posthumously published work ... celebrated abbey of Cistercian nuns that was the centre of Jansenism and of literary activity in 17th-century France. It was founded about 1204 as ...
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7. Jansenism
   Jansenism: see under Jansen, Cornelis.
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8. Jansenism
   The teaching of Cornelius Jansen, latinized Jansenius (1585-1638), Bishop of Ypres, and his followers in France and Holland. Its most significant doctrines were the total corruption of human nature owing to original sin, man's inability to resist either concupiscence or grace implying the denial of ...
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9. Jansenism
   Jansenism was a Roman Catholic movement of the 17th and 18th centuries based on the teaching of the Dutch theologian Cornelius Jansen. Their belief in predestination brought them into conflict with the Jesuits and was condemned by the Church. Jansenists also argued that the effectiveness of the sacr...
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10. Jansenism
    Christian teaching of Cornelius Jansen, which divided the Roman Catholic Church in France in the mid-17th century. Emphasizing the more predestinatory approach of St Augustine of Hippo's teaching, Jansenism was supported by the philosopher Pascal and Antoine Arnauld (a theologian linked with the abbey of Port Royal). Jansenists were excommu...
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11. Jansenism
    (1585–1638), professor at the Old University of Louvain. `Jansenism` was a Christian theological movement, primarily in France, that emphasized original sin, human depravity, the necessity of divine grace, and predestination. The movement originated from the posthumous work of the Dutch theol...
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