It was not only the Pope who was opposed to Arnauld and the Jansenists. Louis XIV saw them as a threat to the unity of his kingdom and had also tried to eliminate them. However, in January 1669 Pope Clement IX made an agreement, called the Peace of Clement IX, which suspended persecution of the Jansenists and Arnauld had ten years of relative peace.
Ito ay hindi lamang ang mga Papa na noon ay laban sa Arnauld at ang Jansenists. Louis XIV nakita ang mga ito bilang isang babala sa pagkakaisa ng kanyang kaharian at nagkaroon din tried sa puksain ang mga ito. Gayunman, sa January 1669 Pope Clement IX ginawa ng isang kasunduan, na tinatawag na ang Kapayapaan ng maluwag IX, na suspendido-uusig ng Jansenists at Arnauld had sampung taon ng mga kamag-anak kapayapaan.