Dr. John Rao discusses grace, free will, the Missions, Jansenism and Protestant Naturalism. Dr. Rao shows how Jansenism and the concerns of "pietist" Protestants who de-emphasized the importance of doctrine for a "common sense" approach towards religion combined together to create an atmosphere that pushed the Catholic world towards an attack on the Tridentine vision. Taken from: Regalism, Revolution, the Reign of Terror and the Assault on Catholicism (1648-1799) - 1998 VonHildebrand Institute