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Cornelis Jansen

Cornelis Jansen
Cornelis Jansen was an important 17th-century Flemish theologian. He founded the Roman Catholic reform movement known as Jansenism, which held that all people are destined by God from birth for salvation or damnation. Although not supported by the Roman Catholic Church, Jansenism was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries, especially in France.
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