ETYM Cf. French quiétisme.
A form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God.
Doctrine of enlightenment through mental tranquility.
Kind of mysticism in which indifference to world is obtained by passive contemplation of divinity; passivity.
Religious attitude, displayed periodically in the history of Christianity, consisting of passive contemplation and meditation to achieve union with God. The founder of modern quietism was the Spanish priest Molinos who published a Guida Spirituale/Spiritual Guide 1675.