Term

Jansenism

A religious reform movement within the Roman Catholic Church, primarily in 17th- and 18th-century France and the Low Countries.

Filed underChurch History

Definition

A religious reform movement within the Roman Catholic Church, chiefly in France and the Low Countries during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Sources

  1. 1.Jerald C. Brauer and B. A. Gerrish, ed. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971). 448Original citation: Brauer, Jerald C., and B. A. Gerrish, eds. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971, 448.

Last revised August 14, 2026