2. (Eccl. Hist.) The system of the Quietists, who maintained that religion consists in the withdrawal of the mind from worldly interests and anxieties and its constant employment in the passive contemplation of God and his attributes. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Quietism — • Doctrine which declares that man s highest perfection consists in a sort of psychical self annihilation and a consequent absorption of the soul into the Divine Essence even during the present life Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.… … Catholic encyclopedia
quietism — QUIETÍSM s.n. v. chietism. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN … Dicționar Român
quietism — (n.) 1680s, from QUIET (Cf. quiet) (adj.) on model of mysticism; originally in reference to the mysticism of Miguel Molinos (1640 1697), Spanish priest in Rome, whose Guida spirituale was published 1675 and condemned by the Inquisition in 1685 … Etymology dictionary
quietism — ► NOUN 1) (in the Christian faith) devotional contemplation and abandonment of the will as a form of religious mysticism. 2) calm acceptance of things as they are. DERIVATIVES quietist noun & adjective … English terms dictionary
quietism — [kwī′ə tiz΄əm] n. [It quietismo < L quietus: see QUIET & ISM] 1. a mysticism based on spiritual passivity; specif., a mysticism so minimizing or so completely rejecting human volition and effort as, often, to produce indifference to one s lot… … English World dictionary
quietism — quietist, n., adj. quietistic, adj. /kwuy i tiz euhm/, n. 1. a form of religious mysticism taught by Molinos, a Spanish priest, in the latter part of the 17th century, requiring extinction of the will, withdrawal from worldly interests, and… … Universalium
QUIETISM — the name given to a mystical religious turn of mind which seeks to attain spiritual illumination and perfection by maintaining a purely passive and susceptive attitude to Divine communication and revelation, shutting out all consciousness of… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
quietism — This word (from the Latin quies, meaning rest ), in general, refers to any spirituality that claims that the idealhuman relationship with God should be one of complete passivity. The form of Quietism advocated by Miguel Molinos (1628 1696) was … Glossary of theological terms
Quietism (Christian philosophy) — Quietism is a Christian philosophy that swept through France, Italy and Spain during the 17th century, but it had much earlier origins. The mystics known as Quietists insist with more or less emphasis on intellectual stillness and interior… … Wikipedia
Quietism (philosophy) — Quietism in philosophy is an approach to the subject that sees the role of philosophy as broadly therapeutic or remedial. Quietist philosophers believe that philosophy has no positive theses to contribute, but rather that its value is in defusing … Wikipedia
