Jansenism / Rigorism
Watchtower of Errors: doctrines named clearly from the safety of truth so they can be resisted.
Jansenism and rigorism distort , fear, worthiness, and mercy until souls are driven from confidence in God. They see real dangers but answer them with a severity that darkens hope.
What This Error Does
It makes severity look like holiness and can starve souls from the . It wounds without healing, preaches judgment without fatherhood, and can make the contrite afraid to come home.
teaches holy fear with hope. turns fear into paralysis and calls that paralysis reverence.
How To Respond
Reject laxity without becoming cruel. Hold , repentance, reverence, and confidence together. Holy fear runs toward God; despairing rigor turns away from Him while pretending to honor Him.