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The Roman Catholic doctrine of Cornelis Jansen and his disciples
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Jansenism was a Catholic theological movement, primarily in France , that emphasized original sin , human depravity , the necessity of divine grace , and predestination . The movement originated from the posthumously published work of the Dutch theologian ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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1650s, in reference to doctrine of Cornelius Jansen (1585-1638), Catholic bishop of Ypres, who maintained the perverseness and inability for good of the natural human will. Related: Jansenist .\n
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Jansenism \Jan"sen*ism\, n. [F. Jans['e]nisme.] (Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine of Jansen regarding free will and divine grace.
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The marquis was a rigorist, and though he had a tincture of Jansenism he often differed from St.