Baianism

English

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Etymology

From Baian +‎ -ism, after the Roman Catholic theologian Michael Baius (1513-1589).

Noun

Baianism (uncountable)

  1. A school of thought, the immediate historical predecessor of Jansenism, that claimed thorough Augustinianism over the scholasticism which held sway over most Catholic theologians at the time.
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