Showing papers on "Jansenism published in 1997"

Blaise Pascal : reasons of the heart

Abstract: Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), mathematician, physicist, inventor, and religious thinker was a man at odds with his time. The optimism of the Enlightenment and the belief among philosophers and scientists that the universe was both discoverable and rational made them feel invincible. Reason alone, declared the intellectuals, could discover a God of natural religion that was to replace the God of traditional Christianity. Pascal, on the other hand, was not so confident. In his Pensees, he wrote, "The eternal silence of these infinite spaces fills me with dread." For Pascal, the universe was full of a mystery that went far beyond the powers of reason. Blaise Pascal: Reasons of the Heart, the latest addition to Eerdmans LIBRARY OF RELIGIOUS BIOGRAPHY series, captures Pascal's life and times with a chronicle narrative based on the published sources and Pascal's own works. Marvin O'Connell takes readers on an eloquent journey into Pascal's world, showing the passion that drove the man and the radical spirituality he sought in his own heart. In the process, O'Connell also illumines the social, political, and religious intrigue of seventeenth-century Paris, especially the winner-take-all struggle between the Jesuits and the Jansenists, with whom Pascal himself was allied. Written in an enjoyable style accessible to all, this meticulously researched biography will acquaint readers with the life and thought of Blaise Pascal, a remarkable human being and luminous Christian thinker.

Descartes e a teologia: entre o molinismo e o agostinismo

Abstract: Starting with Arnauld's objection to the Fourth Meditation I examine Descartes' position in the theological debate that opposed Jansenists and Molinists in the 17th century. I conclude that Descartes was influenced by the two anthropological models that grounded the conflicting theological parties of his time. But because Descartes held only part of each antithetical anthropological model he broke with both. The break explains some of the 17th century reaction to Cartesianism.

The Irenical Theology of Theophile Brachet De LA Milletiere - 1588-1665

Abstract: This book offers an analysis of the content and background of Theophile Brachet de la Milletiere's irenic proposals to the competing religious parties in France (1634-1645), as well as an overall picture of religious France in that period, since both Roman Catholics (the Gallican clergy, the Jesuits and their rivals, the Jansenists) and Calvinists (the ministers of Charenton, the scholars of Saumur and orthodox theologians like Rivet) combatted this alleged 'third religion'.

Dom gabriel gerberon moine benedictin religieux de la congregation de saint-maur 1628-1711. Introduction a sa vie et a son oeuvre suivie d'un essai d'analyse doctrinale

Abstract: 1) a very detailed biography of the life of the benedictine monk dom gabriel gerberon (1628-1711) of the congregation de saint-maur. A contemporary of mabillon and editor of the opera of saint anselme, he was involved in the "jansenist" controversies concerning divine grace, and in 1682 he was obliged to flee the abbey of corbie in picardy. During his exile from france until 1703, he was the companion of arnauld and quesnel. He was arrested on the orders of philip v of spain and was handed over to the police of louis xiv and imprisoned successively at malines, amiens and vincennes. He was freed in 1710, and died a year later at saint-denis near paris. 2) a complete inventory of his works, including those whose attribution is doubtful and those which have been incorrectly attributed to him. A list of the pseudonyms used by him is given in the appendix, together with several hitherto unpublished documents and letters. 3) a doctrinal and philosophical analysis of the signature of the formulaire and the theology and ecclesiology of its author, as well as an analysis of the concept of "jansenism" itself.