Definition of Quietistic

1. a. Of or pertaining to the Quietists, or to Quietism.

Definition of Quietistic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to quietism, a philosophy of passivity and non-involvement. ¹

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Definition of Quietistic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quietistic

quieten down
quietened
quietener
quieteners
quietening
quietens
quieter
quieters
quietest
quieting
quietings
quietish
quietism
quietisms
quietist
quietistic (current term)
quietists
quietive
quietives
quietly
quietness
quietnesses
quiets
quietsome
quietude
quietudes
quietus
quietuses
quiffed

Literary usage of Quietistic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Alexander James William Morrison, Joseph Torrey (1858)
"... and Tauler contended against the pantheistic and quietistic views, the mistaken strivings after freedom, which appeared in the forms we have described. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The doctrine of justification by faith alone, ie without good works, accorded very well with quietistic passivity. In the "visible Church" as proposed by ..."

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