L'Augustinisme à l'ancienne Faculté de théologie de Louvain ed. by Mathijs Lamberigts (review)

250 BOOK REVIEWS evidence there is supports him. He was bishop of Down and Connor, more or less coterminous with O'Neill Clandeboye, a group less than enthusiastic in support of "the Great O'Neill" during the Nine Years' War. From time to time there is something which either the author or the copy-editor should have noticed —for example, the seventeenth-century bishop David Rothe would scarcely recognize himself as "Michael," and a very well-known bishop of the nineteenth century,James Warren Doyle ("J.K.L.") appears as "John." PatrickJ. Corish Si. Patrick's College, Maynooth L'Augustinisme à l'ancienne Faculté de théologie de Louvain. Edited by Mathijs Lamberigts. [Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium, CXL] (Leuven: Leuven University Press. Uitgeverij Peeters. 1994. Pp. vi, 455. B.F. 2400,-.) This book reproduces most of the papers presented in November, 1990, at a conference organized by the Center for the Study ofJansenism at the Catholic University in Leuven. The occasion was the 350th anniversary of the publication of CorneliusJansenius' famedAugustinus. The goal was to study more precisely the theological components ofJansenism by focusing on the place of St. Augustine in the teaching of the old faculty of theology of Louvain. Two papers study how the works ofAugustine were used byJ. LatomusJ.Vercruysse analyzes his dispute with Luther, and M. Gielis his opposition to Erasmus , M. Schrama takes the themes of the ability to do good works in the writings of R. Tapper, and shows that the professor was more influenced by Thomas Aquinas and Cajetan than by the Bishop of Hippo. M. Lamberigts offers an analysis ofJ. Hessels' Catechismus, concluding that Hessels, a friend of Baius, presented an anthology of the works of the Doctor gratice with very little personal creativity. Six presentations are devoted to Baius. A. Vanneste gives a very thorough analysis of the Deprima hominisjustifia which shows that the condemnation of excerpts of the book by Pius V does not imply for a Catholic theologian the obligation to admit the possibility of a state of pure nature. For his part, M. Biersack deals with the young Bellarmine's position in the Causa Baii. He sees in the Jesuit an Augustinian antipelagian who wanted to defend Augustine from the "compromission" of Baius and have the Church pass a judgment on it. An article by L. Ceyssens on Bellarmine and Louvain complements this presentation with a more general reflection on Bellarmine's relationship with that university. In what is perhaps the most important historical contribution, E. J. M. van Eijl presents the late sixteenth-century controversy between the Faculty of Theology and the Jesuits of Louvain on grace and free will. He shows, among other things, that the main issue was theological methodology, positive theology against scholastics. He also documents how Rome was involved in the affair. BOOK REVIEWS 251 Many future developments originate there. A second contribution by L. Ceyssens intends to show that J. Jansonius was not the link between Baius and Jansenius. For one thing Jansenius did not show great respect for the works of his predecessor and master. The contribution by M. B. Pranger picks up the theme of pure nature and studies how in his Augustinus,Jansenius rejects it. The other papers, all ofquality,touch topics that are less related to the theme. H. Hillenaar studies the place of the University of Louvain in Fénelon's conflict with Bossuet.J. Roegiers studies the type ofAugustinism taught in Louvain during the eighteenth century. It was rather unimaginative, he concludes, lacking originality and impulse. T. Clemens proves a Lovanist influence over the Dutch Mission, though mostly neutralized by the religious orders active in the mission. In "The Pursuit of a Phantom or a Disguised Heresy?", E. Mijnlieff analyzes Jansenism in theJesuits'Mémoire de Trévoux. Finally, L. Kenis surveys"The Faculty of theology in the nineteenth century on Augustine and Augustinism." In all, this volume presents a coherent collection that advances our knowledge of the place of St. Augustine at this famous Faculty ofTheology. A copious bibliography and a precise index add to the value of this scholarly contribution. Jacques M. Gres-Gayer The Catholic University ofAmerica Politics and Opinion in Crisis, 1678-81...