MIGUEL DE MOLINOS AND JACOB BÖHEME

THE SCRIBE VALDEMIR MOTA DE MENEZES

With phrase like this : " What thou wilt do is do nothing , demand nothing that overwhelm you ... The important thing is to prepare your heart the way a blank paper , where the divine wisdom can form the characters your taste . " I understand that , Miguel de Molinos cultivating the thought of no ambition, of desire nothing , by the desire to rest , to be quiet . When these wills that stirs within us are appeased , we will have communion with God and understand the meaning of life . Molinos was a Catholic priest and Jacob Boehme was a Lutheran Protestant. The thought of Bohème was pietistic , valuing the practice of Christian virtues , emphasizing the inner experiences of man with God . Bohème went on to say that in so doing he learned more than years of attendance at a university, he was also regarded as one of the first philosophers of Protestantism . Distinguishing these two thoughts I would say the Quietism of Molinos preaches the elimination of the will , while Pietism Boheme preaches a willingness to experience the mystical contact with God