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Cornelis Jansen
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Noun1.Cornelis Jansen - a Dutch Roman Catholic theologian (1585-1638)


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Above all, we encounter the theology of grace, which came to Port-Royal from Augustine by way of Cornelius Jansen (1585-1638) and the Abbot of Saint-Cyran (1581-1643) and which was the root of much of the conflict involving convent, king, and pope.
Augustine of Hippo, as refracted through the posthumous writings of Cornelius Jansen (1585-1638), seemed to draw close to Calvinism, particularly its stern view of the transcendence of God, its pessimistic take on the sinful condition of humanity, and its robust defense of divine predestination.
Thus, Cornelius Jansen (1585-1638) gives explicit approval to the work of an Irish monk that there is no salvation for dead unbaptized infants who, because they have not been cleansed of original sin, "go into eternal fire.
 
 
 
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