Baianism
English
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editEtymology
editBaian + -ism, after the Roman Catholic theologian Michael Baius (1513-1589).
Noun
editBaianism (uncountable)
- 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.