Charles Joseph Tricassin (Tricassinus) (b. at

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; d. in 1681) was a French Capuchin theologian. There is little information about his life.

Works

He expounded

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's doctrine of

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against the Jansenists. Thesee writings were violently attacked; they treat exhaustively both the Augustinian doctrine and that of Bonaventure. They comprise in the main: * (Paris, 1669 and 1673), to which was added (1673), the work being intended to prove

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for foreknown merits; * (Paris, 1673), a thorough explanation of Augustinian tenets; * (Paris, 1673), proof of the sufficient grace for every individual, with special emphasis on difficult passages in Augustine's writings; * (Paris, 1677); * (Paris, 1679), a proof of the virtue of the hope of eternal life and of the fear of hell; a (Paris, 1679) shows that attrition in connection with the Sacrament of Penance is sufficient according to Augustine and the

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. Tricassin also published a commentary to several of Augustine's works to prove that Augustine calls the

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heretical teachers, because they do not concede any necessity of grace for the will. He published at Paris in 1678 a French translation with explanations and applications of Augustine's books, , , as well as a treatise arguing that the

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was contrary to the Catholic faith.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tricassin, Charles Joseph 1681 deaths Capuchins 17th-century French Catholic theologians Year of birth unknown