alumbrados
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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.
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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