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Unigenitus
(Latin, The Only-Begotten). A Papal bull, so called
from its opening sentence, “Ungenitus Dei Filius. ” It was
issued in condemnation of Quesnel's Réflexions Morales, which
favoured Jansenism; the bull was issued in 1713 by Clement XI., and was
a damnatio in globo—i.e. a condemnation of the whole
book without exception. Cardinal de Noailles, Archbishop of Paris, took
the side of Quesnel, and those who supported the archbishop against the
pope were termed “Appelants.” In 1730 the bull was condemned by the
civil authorities of Paris, and the controversy died out.
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