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Charles Joseph Tricassin (Tricassinus) (b. at Troyes; d. in 1681) was a French Capuchin theologian. There is little information about his life.
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Charles Joseph Tricassin (Tricassinus) (b. at Troyes; d. in 1681) was a French Capuchin theologian. There is little information about his life.
He expounded Augustine of Hippo's doctrine of grace against the Jansenists. Thesee writings were violently attacked; they treat exhaustively both the Augustinian doctrine and that of Bonaventure. They comprise in the main:
Tricassin also published a commentary to several of Augustine's works to prove that Augustine calls the Pelagians heretical teachers, because they do not concede any necessity of grace for the will. He published at Paris in 1678 a French translation with explanations and applications of Augustine's books, De gratia et libero arbitrio, De correptione et gratia, as well as a treatise arguing that the Cartesian philosophy was contrary to the Catholic faith.
Augustine of Hippo, also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings influenced the development of Western philosophy and Western Christianity, and he is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church in the Patristic Period. His many important works include The City of God, On Christian Doctrine, and Confessions.
Jansenism was a 17th- and 18th-century theological movement within Roman Catholicism, primarily active in France, which arose as an attempt to reconcile the theological concepts of free will and divine grace in response to certain developments in the Roman Catholic Church, but later developing political and philosophical aspects in opposition to royal absolutism.
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Augustinian soteriology, influenced by Augustine of Hippo early engagements with Stoicism, Neoplatonism, and Manichaeism, played a crucial role in shaping Christian theology. Initially opposing deterministic views, Augustine later integrated aspects of these philosophies, especially during his disputes with the Pelagians. His doctrines, such as predestination by predeterminism, laid the groundwork for later theological developments. Augustine's influence on John Calvin was particularly significant in shaping Calvinist soteriology and understanding of divine providence.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Charles Joseph Tricassin". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.
