quietism
/kwahy-i-tiz-uhm/US // ˈkwaɪ ɪˌtɪz əm //UK // (ˈkwaɪəˌtɪzəm) //
宁静主义,安静主义,肃静主义,沉默主义
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n.名词 noun
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- : 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 passive meditation on God and divine things; Molinism.
- : some similar form of religious mysticism.
- : mental or bodily repose or passivity.
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Examples
Phelipeaux has given us, in his narrative of Quietism, the portrait of the friend of Madame Guyon.
He was fully convicted of Quietism and, on March 16, 1689, he was condemned to life-long prison.
This was, as we have seen, one of the dangerous tenets of Quietism, and over this there was a prolonged and subtle disputation.
The indifference, which was the point most objected to in Quietism, was greatly limited by Fnelon.
Molinos has been considered the leader and founder of the Quietism of the seventeenth century.
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