In its consistently logical form Quietism makes communion between man and God an impossibility by annulling the distinction between them, ultimately reducing God to a vague and empty abstraction, and dehumanizing man.
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Quietism
Synonyms for "quietism" (104 found)
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Related words (52)
nonviolent resistanceobedienceoblivionpacifismparalysispassive resistancepassive self-annihilationpassivenesspassivismpassivitypeacepeacefulnessplacidityplacidnesspolicyprocrastinationquakerismquiescencequiescencyquiet
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quietnessquietudereposeresignationrestrestfulnesssatoriserenitysilencesilken reposesleepslumberstagnancystagnationstandpattismstasisstillnesssubmissionsubmissivenesstabula rasathoughtfreenessthoughtlessnesstranquillityuncomplainingnessunintelligencevacancyvacuityvegetationvita contemplativawaiting gamewatching and waitingwise passiveness
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22 translations across 18 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- quietisme noun (form of mysticism)
Czech
1 entries- kvietismus noun (form of mysticism)
Danish
1 entries- kvietisme noun (form of mysticism)
Dutch
1 entries- quiëtisme noun (form of mysticism)
Esperanto
1 entries- kvietismo noun (form of mysticism)
Finnish
2 entries- kvietismi noun (form of mysticism)
- kvietismi noun (passive quietness)
French
1 entries- quiétisme noun (form of mysticism)
German
1 entries- Quietismus noun (form of mysticism)
Greek
2 entries- αταραξία noun (passive quietness)
- ησυχασμός noun (form of mysticism)
Hungarian
1 entries- kvietizmus noun (form of mysticism)
Interlingua
1 entries- quietismo noun (form of mysticism)
Italian
1 entries- quietismo noun (form of mysticism)
Polish
1 entries- kwietyzm noun (form of mysticism)
Portuguese
1 entries- quietismo noun (form of mysticism)
Slovak
1 entries- kvietizmus noun (form of mysticism)
Spanish
1 entries- quietismo noun (form of mysticism)
Swedish
2 entries- kvietism noun (form of mysticism)
- kvietism noun (passive quietness)
Turkish
2 entries- dingincilik noun (form of mysticism)
- sekincilik noun (form of mysticism)
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In von Hügel's estimation the real culprit that distorts “quiet” into Quietism, is any tendency to extreme dualism, particularly between body and soul.
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The problem of Quietism or rather the problem of Quietism in its most corrupted forms and their immediate repercussions on a disciplinary, moral and sexual level led to the realization that the dangers that believers faced were as much inside the Church as outside.
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