Baianism

English

Alternative forms

• Bajanism

Etymology

From Baian +‎ -ism, after the Roman Catholic theologian Michael Baius (1513-1589).

Noun

Baianism (uncountable)

1. 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.