What's the difference between hesychast and quietist?
Hesychast
Definition:
(n.) One of a mystical sect of the Greek Church in the fourteenth century; a quietist.
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Quietist
Definition:
(n.) One of a sect of mystics originated in the seventeenth century by Molinos, a Spanish priest living in Rome. See Quietism.
Example Sentences:
(1) On the one hand, a relative quietist still, Yassin did not want to throw the Muslim Brotherhood wholeheartedly into the new struggle, endangering everything he and his associates had constructed with such exertions and sacrifice.
(2) The popularity of revivalist, if quietist and apolitical, groups such as the Tablighi Jamaat as well as a steady flow of young French Muslims to Egypt or Gulf States to study in religious schools was a serious concern, but major protests in 2006 following the publication of cartoons supposedly ridiculing Mohammed were entirely peaceful.
(3) They will have to scale this back and appreciate that some people wish to live highly orthodox, segregated, and quietist lives.