Editing Jansenism (section)

== The Clementine Peace ==
Although the peace of [[Clement IX]] was a lull in the public theological controversy, several clergymen remained attracted to Jansenism. Three major groups were:

# The ''duped Jansenists'', who continued to profess the five propositions condemned in {{lang|la|[[Cum occasione]]}};
# The ''fin jansénistes'', who accepted the doctrine of ''Cum occasione'' but who continued to deny the infallibility of the Church in matters ''de facto'';
# The ''quasi-Jansenists'', who formally accepted both ''Cum occasione'' and the [[infallibility]] of the Church in matters ''de facto'', but who nevertheless remained attracted to aspects of Jansenism, notably its stern morality, commitment to virtue, and its opposition to [[ultramontanism]], which was also a political issue in France in the decades surrounding the 1682 ''[[Declaration of the clergy of France]]''. They served as protectors of the 'duped Jansenists' and the ''fins jansénistes''.

[[File:Nouveau testament 1667.jpg|thumb|The title page of the [[Bible de Port-Royal]] ('Port-Royal Bible' or 'Sacy Bible'), published from 1667 to 1696, a masterpiece of classical French form, largely written during the Clementine Peace by the Jansenist [[Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy]]]]

During the Clementine Peace, the Jansenists tried to avoid unnecessary controversy, especially since the growing [[Absolutism (European history)|absolutism]] of Louis XIV made the attraction of former Frondeurs to Port-Royal and Jansenism suspect. This is why [[Blaise Pascal]]'s ''[[Pensées]]'' (published posthumously in 1670) and [[Pierre Nicole]]'s ''Essais de morale et d'instruction théologiques'' ('Essays on moral and theological instruction') are devoid of any theological or political controversy.
The Jansenists at this time distinguished themselves by the quality of their intellectual work and by their desire to communicate matters of religion to the faithful. [[Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy]] thus published a French [[New Testament]] in 1667. Published secretively in [[Mons, Belgium|Mons]] (in the [[Spanish Netherlands]]), it was condemned by the pope in 1668 because it translated the sacred text into the [[vernacular]] and with allegedly Jansenising edits.<ref name="Chantin-1996" />{{Rp|page=28}} He then undertook a translation of the [[Vulgate]], starting in 1672, which was not completed until 1695. These thirty volumes are considered an essential text in Biblical scholarship. The ''[[Bible de Sacy]]'' ('Sacy Bible'), like Pascal's ''Pensées'', is considered to be a reputable example of the classical French language of the 17th century.<ref name="Gazier-1923" />{{Rp|page=|pages=188–190}}

Despite this intense intellectual activity, [[Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve]], in his work ''Port-Royal'', rightly says that it was only a period of respite before further troubles.<blockquote>The ten years which followed the Clementine Peace were for Port-Royal ten years of glory, fundamentally of decline, but of a veiled, embellished decline; these were the beautiful hours of a sweet autumn, of a rich and warm sunset. In an instant, solitude bloomed again and became commonplace, more enamelled than ever. The old spirit within continued and adapted again without much struggle.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sainte-Beuve |title=Port-Royal, Tome IV, livre cinquième |language=fr |trans-title=Port-Royal, vol. 4, book 5}}</ref></blockquote>