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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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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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 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.