Historical Register in London, Middlesex

Jansenist Controversy Roils Court In 1430s France

In September 1930, Advocates backed a Jansenist consultation on the Constitution Unigenitus. The court condemned it, fining the advocates, who issued an apologetic manifesto asserting royal emanation of authority and limiting church coercive power. The Archbishop of Paris denounced the apology as heretical, while Gilbert de Voistus blocked further action by pressing an appeal. The episode drew Rome, cardinals, and prelates into a clash over church and royal authority.