Meanings
nounJansenism (usually uncountable, plural Jansenisms)
plural Jansenisms
- uncountableusuallyCatholicismThe doctrine of Cornelius Jansen and his followers, which emphasise original sin, divine grace and predestination; condemned as a heresy by Pope Innocent X in 1653.
From the mid-seventeenth century, therefore, disputes about Jansenism turned into a struggle for the soul of the French Church, now vigorously resurgent against a steadily more beleaguered Reformed Protestantism.
2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 798
Origin
From Jansen + -ism. Named after Cornelius Jansen.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian янсенѝзъм
- янсенѝзъм (jansenìzăm)doctrine
Catalan jansenisme
- jansenismedoctrine
Dutch jansenisme
- jansenismedoctrine
Estonian jansenism
- jansenismdoctrine
Finnish jansenismi
- jansenismidoctrine
French jansénisme
- jansénismedoctrine
German Jansenismus
- Jansenismusdoctrine
Hungarian janzenizmus
- janzenizmusdoctrine
Italian giansenismo
- giansenismodoctrine
Latin Iansenismus
- Iansenismusdoctrine
Portuguese jansenismo
- jansenismodoctrine
Romanian jansenism
- jansenismdoctrine
Spanish jansenismo
- jansenismodoctrine
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