Article: Spirit and Nature: the Saint-Medard Miracles and 18th-Century Jansenism.(Book Review)

SPIRIT AND NATURE: THE SAINT-MEDARD MIRACLES AND 18TH-CENTURY JANSENISM. By Ephraim Radner. New York: Crossroad. 2002. Pp. xii + 418. $65.

The reception given to the publication of most papal documents and decrees tends to be quiet: a few generate noisy debate. In the 18th century none generated louder or longer controversy than Clement XI's Unigenitus, issued in 1713. A condemnation of propositions taken from a work by Jansenist Pasquier Quesnel. Unigenitus enjoyed an exceptionally long shelf life, as its supporters sought to use it to finally silence Jansenist dissent. Yet the Jansenists would not be silenced, and they appealed to a future general council for ...

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