alumbrados

E66070

Christian sect mystical movement religious movement

The alumbrados were a 16th-century Spanish mystical movement whose followers emphasized inner illumination and direct experience of God, attracting suspicion and persecution from religious authorities.

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Label	Occurrences
alumbrados canonical	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian sect ⓘ mystical movement ⓘ religious movement ⓘ
activeIn	Castile ⓘ Toledo ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	alumbrados de Castilla ⓘ illuminists ⓘ
associatedWith	Spanish Reformation currents ⓘ conversos ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Spain ⓘ
governedBy	informal spiritual leaders ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	persecution by religious authorities ⓘ suspicion from religious authorities ⓘ
hasDoctrine	God acts directly in the soul ⓘ external works are of little value ⓘ perfection through inner enlightenment ⓘ
hasGenderAspect	significant participation of women mystics ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	later quietist movements ⓘ
hasMainBelief	contempt for external religious forms ⓘ direct experience of God ⓘ emphasis on interior prayer ⓘ inner illumination ⓘ passive contemplation ⓘ
hasNotableMember	Francisca Hernández ⓘ Isabel de la Cruz ⓘ Juan de Valdés ⓘ Pedro Ruiz de Alcaraz ⓘ
hasPractice	interior recollection ⓘ mental prayer ⓘ minimizing sacramental rituals ⓘ
hasSourceType	Inquisition trial records ⓘ
hasTheologicalIssue	challenge to ecclesiastical mediation ⓘ emphasis on grace acting directly in the soul ⓘ
historicalContext	Habsburg Spain ⓘ surface form: Counter-Reformation Spain
language	Spanish ⓘ
locatedInTime	16th century ⓘ early modern period ⓘ
opposedBy	Spanish Inquisition ⓘ
persecutedFor	mystical heterodoxy ⓘ suspected heresy ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
religiousTradition	Catholic mysticism ⓘ
subjectTo	heresy trials ⓘ
timeOfActivityEnd	late 16th century ⓘ
timeOfActivityStart	early 16th century ⓘ
viewedAs	threat to Catholic orthodoxy ⓘ

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Input

Subject: alumbrados
Description of subject: The alumbrados were a 16th-century Spanish mystical movement whose followers emphasized inner illumination and direct experience of God, attracting suspicion and persecution from religious authorities.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish Inquisition → persecutedGroup → alumbrados ⓘ

Isabel de la Cruz → movement → alumbrados ⓘ