The Co-opting of Two Female Saints in “Dilexit.”
Jansenism was a heresy found over the past 400 years that put the emphasis on God's justice instead of God's mercy. Jansenism is a bit like a mix between Calvinism and Catholicism. Because of St. Margaret Mary and St. Therese's teaching of total trust in God, they are both often credited with putting the final nail in the coffin of Jansenism. Indeed, that heresy was particularly strong in France in the 18th and 19th centuries. Those two female saints are rightly credited for nearly ending Jansenism. However, modernism is the major heresy that threatens the Church today. For the past 50 years, modernists have often labeled traditional Catholics as "Jansenists." [...]