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writerdad
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| Posted 9/23/2001 6:00 PM (GMT -6) |   | I am reading "Christianity For Modern Pagans," by Peter Krefft, which deals with Pascal's "Pensees," and in it he mentions "Jansenism." What was it? Can anyone tell me...Thanks, John 17:3 Harold
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MrIndifference
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| Posted 9/23/2001 6:38 PM (GMT -6) | | Jansenism The doctrinal system of Cornelis Jansen (1585-1638), Roman Catholic bishop of Ypres, and his followers, which maintained the perverseness and inability for good of the natural human will, and denied the possibility of resisting divine grace.
-New Century Dictionary- (Copywrite 1956)
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GregBoyd
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| Posted 9/24/2001 7:02 PM (GMT -6) | |
Jansenism was basically a Catholic version of Calvinsim. They followed closely the teachings of Augustine (especially his later work) and thus were extremely deterministic. They emphasized the complete inability of fallen humans to make any positive movement toward God on their own -- including having faith.
Doc
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Triskal
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| Posted 9/25/2001 8:06 PM (GMT -6) | | Doc,
Do you know if Jansenism is still a part of the Catholic doctrine? If not, then what is their current stance on determinism? I haven't really heard much about the relationship between Catholicism and Calvinism.
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Matt
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