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  • Oh yes, for Guyon’s so-called Quietist teachings she was sternly condemned as a heretic by the Catholic Church, and the French government imprisoned her in the Bastille from 1698 to 1703.

    HOW EVIL WORKS DAVID KUPELIAN 2010

  • Oh yes, for Guyon’s so-called Quietist teachings she was sternly condemned as a heretic by the Catholic Church, and the French government imprisoned her in the Bastille from 1698 to 1703.

    HOW EVIL WORKS DAVID KUPELIAN 2010

  • He’s what’s known as a Quietist: he believes that religion should be an influence on people’s lives, and their lives will then influence their politics.

    Iraq: Maybe Sistani didn’t call for homosexuals to be killed, after all 2006

  • The Khomeinist revolution is ideologically rooted in a radical Islamist doctrine that stands in opposition to the more traditional "Quietist" school of thought among Shia clerics.

    Counterterrorism Blog 2010

  • The first was led by Ayatollah Na'ini, an advocate of what is called the "Quietist" school of Shiism -- today best exemplified in the character and behavior of Ayatollah Sistani in Iraq.

    The New Republic - All Feed 2009

  • He was a sort of Quietist, except that he certainly did not tell people to keep quiet.

    G.K.'s Weekly - The Case of Adam Smith 2008

  • The three foremost leaders in the Quietist heresy were Molinos (1627-1696), a Spanish priest who was condemned by Pope Innocent XI in 1687, retracted and died repentant; Madame Guyon (1648-1717), and Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambrai and, with the exception of Bossuet, the most brilliant Churchman in France.

    Forerunners of the French Revolution. Part 2b de Brantigny........................ 2007

  • The three foremost leaders in the Quietist heresy were Molinos (1627-1696), a Spanish priest who was condemned by Pope Innocent XI in 1687, retracted and died repentant; Madame Guyon (1648-1717), and Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambrai and, with the exception of Bossuet, the most brilliant Churchman in France.

    Archive 2007-10-14 de Brantigny........................ 2007

  • Thanks for new links this month from Voyager ("One world, one nation" —but lots of slow-loading graphics) and Quaker Quietist ("A traditional Hicksite Quaker and solitary living a life of recollection and inward retirement").

    Philocrites: October 2004 Archives 2004

  • Thanks for new links this month from Voyager ("One world, one nation" —but lots of slow-loading graphics) and Quaker Quietist ("A traditional Hicksite Quaker and solitary living a life of recollection and inward retirement").

    Philocrites: Meet your fellow Philocritics, part 3. 2004

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