jansenism

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Jansenism
    n 1: 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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Jansenism \Jan"sen*ism\, n. [F. Jans['e]nisme.] (Eccl. Hist.)
   The doctrine of Jansen regarding free will and divine grace.
   [1913 Webster]

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