JANSENISM

was a religious movement in opposition to the logic of Scholasticism, the ethical rationalism of moralists, and to popular forms of devotion. Jansen wrote a work entitled August in us, and was particularly antagonistic to the Jesuits. His follower, Arnauld, published Frequent Communtons, which roused violent opposition, and several of his propositions were condemned by the Pope, 1653. Jansenists had to fight for their existence in France, where they were persecuted; they found a refuge in Holland, where they joined the Old Catholics.