Religious culture and heresy in Portugal in the Old Regime: notes for an interpretation of Molinism

This article is concerned with the religious experience of a group of people who were persecuted by the Portuguese Inquisition for the practice of “molinosismo”, false ecstasies, visions and revelations, in the early eighteenth century. It approaches the group as a sect or heretical circle, whose co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Bellini, Lígia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:Estudos Ibero-Americanos
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/1363
Acceso en línea:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/iberoamericana/article/view/1363
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Religious experience
Molinosismo
Eighteenth-century Portugal
La experiencia religiosa
Portugal en el Antiguo Régimen
Experiência religiosa
Portugal no Antigo Regime
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Sumario:This article is concerned with the religious experience of a group of people who were persecuted by the Portuguese Inquisition for the practice of “molinosismo”, false ecstasies, visions and revelations, in the early eighteenth century. It approaches the group as a sect or heretical circle, whose conduct was indeed inspired by the mystical doctrine of the Aragonese theologian Miguel de Molinos. It explores the sect’s conceptual and ritual universe and the ways in which it has interpreted Molinos’ ideas.