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Baianism
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English
Alternative forms
en Bajanism
Etymology
From en Baian<id:Baius> -ism, after the Roman Catholic theologian Michael Baius (1513-1589).
Noun
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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.
Translations
French: fr baïanisme m
en eponyms