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–noun

the doctrinal system of Cornelis Jansen and his followers, denying free will and maintaining that human nature is corrupt and that Christ died for the elect and not for all humanity.

[Origin: 1650–60; < F jansénisme. See Jansen, -ism

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Jan·sen·ist, noun

Jan·sen·is·tic, Jan·sen·is·ti·cal, adjective

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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 by the Roman Catholic Church.

Jan'sen·ist n., Jan'sen·is'tic adj.

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Jansenism

1656, in ref. to doctrine of Cornelius Jansen (1585-1638), Catholic bishop of Ypres, who maintained the perverseness and inability for good of the natural human will.

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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