Quotes:Molinos, Miguel de

Zirkoff, Boris

Molinos, Miguel de. Spanish divine, b. at Patacina, Dec. 25, 1640; d. in prison in Rome, Dec. 28, 1697. He was the chief apostle of the religious revival known as Quietism. In 1675 Molinos published his Guida spirituale which, some six years later, aroused the suspicion of the Jesuit Signeri; the matter was referred to the Inquisition, but the work was pronounced orthodox. However, the matter was revived by Father La Chaise who secured the support of Louis XIV, and Molinos was arrested in May, 1685. As a result of various inimical and false accusations, he was sentenced to life imprisonment, and Pope Innocent XI condemned Molinos’ work. Molinos was a genuine mystic, struggling to free himself from the clutches of ecclesiastical dogmas; he regarded disinterested love as the hallmark of true sanctity.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 3, p. 515