QUIETISM

A name generally applied to the opinions of enthusiasts, who conceive the great object of religion to be the absorption of all human sentiments and pas'iions into devout contemplation and love of God. This idea has found its admirers and encomiasts in all ages. A sect called by this name (in Greek, Hesychastne) existed among the religions of IVIount Athos; and m of April, and lasted five days. It is in allusion to the well-known attributes of the godde that Juvenal makes this the season in which her youthful votaries pray for forensic succe . Eloquium et famam Demosthenes et Ciceconis Incipit optare, et totis Quin quat rib us opt at. QUINQUENNALIA, or [s. 1023]