The journal of Monsr. de Saint Amour doctor of Sorbonne,: containing a full account of all the transactions both in France and at Rome, concerning the five famous propositions controverted between the Jansenists and the Molinists, from the beginning of that affair till the Popes decision. / Faithfully rendred out of French. ; A like display of the Romish state, court, interests, policies, &c. and the mighty influences of the Jesuites in that church, and many other Christian states, being not hitherto extant.

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The journal of Monsr. de Saint Amour doctor of Sorbonne,: containing a full account of all the transactions both in France and at Rome, concerning the five famous propositions controverted between the Jansenists and the Molinists, from the beginning of that affair till the Popes decision. / Faithfully rendred out of French. ; A like display of the Romish state, court, interests, policies, &c. and the mighty influences of the Jesuites in that church, and many other Christian states, being not hitherto extant.
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Saint-Amour, Louis-Gorin de, 1619-1687.
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London :: Printed by T. Ratcliff, for George Thomason, at the Rose and Crown in S. Paul's Church-yard,
1664.
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Jansenists.
Molinism.
Jesuits -- Controversial literature.
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"The journal of Monsr. de Saint Amour doctor of Sorbonne,: containing a full account of all the transactions both in France and at Rome, concerning the five famous propositions controverted between the Jansenists and the Molinists, from the beginning of that affair till the Popes decision. / Faithfully rendred out of French. ; A like display of the Romish state, court, interests, policies, &c. and the mighty influences of the Jesuites in that church, and many other Christian states, being not hitherto extant." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A93040.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.

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Nota prima.

Hoc scripto ante omnem Propositionum censu∣ram summo Pontifici exhibito, apertissime inno∣tescit, a Doctoribus Augustinianis nihil aliud circa primam Propositionem defensum fuisse, quam gratiam per se efficacem ad singulos pios actus esse necessariam, & per illam dari posse proximum & completum, seu, ut infra expo∣nitur, ita completam agendi possibilitatem, ut nihil aliud per modum principii ex parte Dei ad agendum requiratur, quod solum gratiae per se efficacis ad singulos actus necessariae dogma con∣tinet. Dum primam propositionem veram & a se defendi aiunt, hunc unum sensum defen∣dunt: ac, ne quis suspicaretur, aut primam Propositionem ab iis simpliciter defendi, aut a∣lium in ea quam gratiae per se efficacis sensum defendi, vulgo eandem propositionem ita ex∣primunt ac limitant, Propositio ut defenditur a nobis, propositio juxta sensum a nobis defen∣sum. Ergo ante constitutionem prima Proposi∣tio de haeresi damnata, utpote ab isto gratiae per se efficacis sensu alienissima, nequaquam ab Augustinianis defensa est.

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Nota secunda.

Hoc uno scripto Augustiniani Jansenii sensum attingunt. Etsi enim de hoc in ista de quinque Pro∣positionibus controversia agere ipsis minime pro∣positum esset, nullamque ejus mentionem fieri monuisset summus Pontifex, cum tamen adversa∣rii hoc suo scripto ejus verba referrent, & alienum ab ipso sensum illis affingerent, fieri non potuit, quin Augustiniani respondendo id óbiter animad∣verterent, & hanc hallucinationem veri Iansenii sensus circa primam Propositionem expositione de∣tegerent. Non tamen de defenso Iansenii sensu quidquam Romae auditum dixeris, quia haec, quan∣tumvis pro argumenti magnitudine ac difficultate brevissima, ac obiter solum dicta, nec lecta nec ex∣aminata sunt. Cum enim, ipso fatente, 1 1.1 nulla deinceps, post audios Doctores, Consultorum collatio, nulla Congregatio habita fuerit, ita nul∣lum hujus scripti & aliorum summo Pontifici si∣mul exhibitorum examen institutum est.

Nota tertia.

Ex hac Ianseniani sensus obiter in hanc responsio∣nem inserta defensione videre licet, unum semper ac constantem Augustinianis sensum de tota ista materia fuisse, nec, ut quidam cavillantur, eos post constitutiones demum ubique receptas ad hanc de male intellecto ab adversariis Iansenii sensu quere∣lam & disputationem confugisse. Ecce enim hic & responsione sequenti aperte clamant, perperam ab adversariis intelligi Iansenium & illi gravissime im∣poni. Non ergo Iansenii sensus nomine unquam defenderunt illos errores, qui ipsi ab adversariis tribuuntur. Sed falso illos affingi Iansenio constan∣ter, & ante & post constitutiones affirmarunt. I∣dem semper de gratia, idem de Iansenio senserunt. Solam ipsi efficacem gratiam propugnarunt, solam a Iansenio efficacem gratiam explicatam ac defen∣sam arbitrati sunt: hoc uno aliquantum a se non sensu, sed verbis dissimiles, quod ante constitutio∣nes gratiae efficacis doctrinam in Propositionum verbis, minus stricte & rigorose sumptis, includi posse merito, ut aliqui e Romanis Consultoribus sentiebant: eadem vero consensu Ecclesiae decla∣ratione summi Pontificis, penitus jam ab iisdem exclusa, nihil jam in illis remanere fateantur nisi er∣rorum faecem merito a quibusque reprobandam.

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