Unigenitus

Unigenitus is a name given to the papal bull (a type of public decree) beginning with this word, issued by Pope Clement XI in 1713 against Jansenism in France, France, and which was in 1730 condemned by the civil authorities in Paris. Unigenitus censured 101 propositions of Pasquier Quesnel as "false, captious, ill-sounding, offensive to pious ears, scandalous, pernicious, rash, injurious to the Church and its practices, contumelious to Church and State, seditious, impious, blasphemous, suspected and savouring of heresy, favouring heretics, heresy, and schism, erroneous, bordering on heresy, often condemned, heretical, and reviving various heresies, especially those contained in the famous propositions of Jansenius."

Nearby pages
Unilateral Work Stoppage, Uninominal, Uninsured Motorist Coverage, Union Jack, Unionists