Jansenism and England: Moral Rigorism across the Confessions. By Thomas Palmer

`Jansenism and England' is a huge programme. In his introduction Thomas Palmer clearly explains the scope and purpose of his monograph (a revised version of a 2015 Oxford DPhil). He means to study the echoes of the Jansenist controversy, primarily in its moral dimension (the so-called ‘moral Ja...

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Main Author: Quantin, Jean-Louis 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2020
In: The journal of theological studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 71, Issue: 2, Pages: 951-954
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