Editing Michael Baius (section)

==Beliefs==
De Bay based his theology on Holy Scripture and the [[Church Fathers|Fathers of the Church]], especially on the teaching of Augustine of Hippo, introducing deviant scholastic terminologies. His doctrine, later referred to as ''[[Baianism]]'', was based on sin, free will, and grace of God along with the fight against [[papal infallibility]], saying that the episcopal legal power comes directly from God.<ref name=":0" />
Joseph Sollier, writing in the ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' sees Baius' as a precursor to the [[Jansenism]] and the [[Port-Royal-des-Champs|Port-Royal]] theologians such as [[Blaise Pascal]].<ref name=Sollier/>