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Quietism
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
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Quietism. The teaching of certain 17th-cent. writers, especially M. de
Molinos (condemned in 1687) and to a lesser degree Mme
Guyon and Abp.
Fénelon; by extension the term is used loosely of any system of spirituality minimizing human activity.
The fundamental principle of Quietism is its condemnation of all human effort. Its exponents seem to have exaggerated earlier teaching, such as that of St
Teresa of Ávila, on the ‘prayer of quiet’. They held that, in order to be perfect, a man must attain complete passivity and annihilation of will, abandoning himself to God to such an extent that he ceases to care even about his own salvation. This state is reached by a form of mental prayer in which the soul consciously refuses not only discursive meditation but any distinct act, and simply rests in the presence of God in pure faith. Once a man has reached this state, outward acts are superfluous and sin impossible.
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'Quietism' in this noisy world LANGUAGE
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 12/22/2003; ; 569 words
; ...Saddam Hussein, a rarely heard word quietism came through loud and clear. Scott MacLeod...depends on whether you capitalize it.Quietism with a capital Q is a mystical form of...religious person in political life, Quietism became best known as a characteristic...
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War and Its Discontents: Pacifism and Quietism in the Abrahamic Traditions.
Magazine article from: American Political Science Review; 6/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Its Discontents purports to examine "quietism," that is, the restraint of force...investigate the Judaic and Islamic views of quietism and pacifism, the book emerged from...religious nonelites within society to use quietism and pacificism to influence the state...
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The uses of quietism.(Tao Te Ching)
Magazine article from: New Criterion; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Press, 149 pages, $22 The connection between simple-life quietism and the political left has often been noted. Orwell, in his...annotated translation of this classic text of ancient Chinese quietism has just been produced by Moss Roberts, professor of Chinese...
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ABCS OF RELIGION Q IS FOR QUIETISM
Newspaper article from: Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current); 4/28/2007; ; 391 words
; Quietism was a 17th-century Christian movement that advocated striving for a passive...and the love of Christ were to be put aside. The Catholic Church condemns Quietism, which in the New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia it describes as "a sort...
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Challenging quietism ...(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 12/30/2008; ; 385 words
; ...bringing or increasing love be seen as signs of valid spirituality as well? Particularly in this economic crisis, caution and quietism are said by many to be our undoing. What is needed is bold and decisive action--as wisely planned as possible, but nonetheless...
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The covenantal quietism of Tobias Crisp (1).
Magazine article from: Church History; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...He repaired by cutting and thrusting, and in so doing sought to make amends for a host of puritan horrors. And for all the quietism that informed his alternative covenantal vision, Crisp did not operate softly. He had targets in his sights; he would dislodge...
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Mennonite Peacemaking: From Quietism to Activism.
Magazine article from: Sociology of Religion; 9/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; This is a book that speaks to two main audiences. The first is church leaders, both in the Mennonite tradition and, more broadly, anyone who is involved in the task of setting goals or developing visions for the future life of their church and its believing community of followers. The second is
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The hermeneutics of opposition in 'Paradise Regained' and 'Samson Agonistes'.
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Regained seems to advocate political quietism, and it first appeared with Samson Agonistes...alternative to or the consequence of quietism. The two late poems exhibit a despair...who do not read the poem as calling for quietism, or even as giving in to despair...
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Belief and Resistance: Dynamics of Contemporary Intellectual Controversy.
Magazine article from: Quadrant; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...and so on entail political and social quietism. Her arguments are as follows. First she equates quietism with positive support of the status quo...cannot show that relativism does not entail quietism. Two further themes appear (and reappear...
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Islamic Fundamentalism in the West Bank and Gaza: Muslim Brotherhood
Newspaper article from: Domes; 7/31/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...seemed like a classic rationalization for quietism, a conclusion bolstered by the Brotherhood...for the "ideological shift" away from quietism. There is excellent analysis of Hamas...rejection of the parent organization's quietism - after 1967 but really took shape in...
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Quietism
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
QUIETISM QUIETISM. Quietism is a form of spirituality that emphasizes a direct relationship with God in a state of quietness of the soul (Latin quies ). The ideas behind Quietism are to be found in many religions of the world. In the West...
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quietism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
quietism a heretical form of religious mysticism...century Spanish priest. Molinism, or quietism, developed within the Roman Catholic...Antoinette Bourignon . The essence of quietism is that perfection lies in the complete...
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Semi-Quietism
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Semi-Quietism. The doctrines of Abp. Fénelon and others who, though not sufficiently unorthodox to come under the censures attaching to Quietism , manifest certain quietist tendencies.
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Fénelon, François (François de Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon, 1651–1715)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...involved in a controversial movement called Quietism, a mystical religious group that promoted...His affiliation with Mme Guyon and Quietism led to a long and very public quarrel...Bossuet that began in 1697. Following the Quietism controversy, Bossuet wrote a treatise...
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François de Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...xE9; nelon (1651-1715) is best known for his advocacy of quietism. Born on Aug. 6, 1651, Fran ç ois F é nelon...was a controversy in the French Church about a heresy called quietism, a teaching according to which progress in virtue and in the...
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