Bay, Michel de
Bay, Michel de
(Michel de Bay) (1513 -1589 ) Theologian, author of a system known as Baianism, born Melin, Belgium; died Louvain. Ordained in 1541 , he taught philosophy at Louvain, where he became president of the College Adrien and professor of Scripture. His system, which ignored the supernatural, was a mixture of Pelagianism and Calvinism . About 1559 propositions from his lectures were condemned by the Sorbonne, and later by Pope Pius V. Baius finally submitted to Gregory XIII, 1579 , but his teachings had prepared the way for Jansenism.