Spiritual Torrents
Miguel de Molinos
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Description
Miguel de Molinos, a Spanish priest working in Rome, taught a path of prayer called Quietism in the 1670s. His writings drew crowds of followers across Europe. Church authorities later turned on him, and the Inquisition jailed him for life.
Molinos tells the soul to stop striving, rest passive before God, and pass through dry, empty prayer into deep union. Critics charged that such passivity killed effort, duty, and even morality. The fight over his teaching shaped Catholic spiritual life for decades, and his short, calm prose still draws readers who study prayer and stillness.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Miguel de Molinos |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 171 KB |
| LICENSE | Project Gutenberg License |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |