Jansen, Cornelis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...1642, in Latin), arose the great movement called Jansenism...was a return of people to greater personal holiness, hence...the Holy See. The second great Jansenist work was De la frequente...Meanwhile, Blaise Pascal , the greatest Jansenist, aroused a storm by his anti-Jesuit Provincial Letters, and there was persecution...convent of Port-Royal , the greatest center of Jansenism, was...