Adoration and AnnihilationIn seventeenth century France, southwest of Paris, the Port Royal convent became the center of the Jansenist movement and of its adherents resistance to church and throne. Three abbesses from the Arnauld family spearheaded this resistance: Mre Anglique Arnauld (1591 1661), Mre Agns Arnauld (1593 1671), and Mre Anglique de Saint Jean Arnauld d'Andilly (1624 1684). Although many books have been written about the tragic lives of the Port Royal nuns, John