Summary: In this episode we finish off our look at the French Church of the 17th to 18th Centuries, then consider the impact of the German Enlightenment on the church in Germany.This 139th episode is title “Pressed.” In our last episode, we took a look the French church of the 17th C and considered the contest between the Catholic Jansenists & Jesuits. It’s interesting realizing the Jansenists began as a theological movement that looks quite similar to Calvinism. Their theology eventually spilled over into the political realm and undercut the Divine Right of Kings, a European political system that had held sway in Europe for centuries, & reached its apex in France under Louis XIV. (more…)
