He was so successful in pleading the case that his speech was known as "the original sin of the Arnaulds" and considered by the Jesuits as the beginning of their battle against the Arnauld family who would later become Jansenists. Antoine Arnauld junior, the subject of this biography, would carry on his father's battle against the Jesuits.
Siya ay upang matagumpay sa hibik ang mga kaso na ang kanyang mga pananalita ay kilala bilang "ang orihinal na kasalanan ng Arnaulds" at itinuturing ng mga Heswita na ang simula ng kanilang labanan laban sa mga Arnauld pamilya na mamaya maging Jansenists. Antoine Arnauld junior, ang paksa ng buhay na ito, ay dalhin sa kanyang ama labanan laban sa mga Heswita.