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In the 11th century, this meaning changed. "Spirituality" began to denote the mental aspect of life, as opposed to the material and sensual aspects of life, "the ecclesiastical sphere of light against the dark world of matter".{{sfn|Waaijman|2000|p=360}}{{refn|group= note|In Dutch: "de hemelse lichtsfeer tegenover de duistere wereld van de materie". {{sfn|Waaijman|2000|p=360}}}} In the 13th century "spirituality" acquired a social and psychological meaning. Socially it denoted the territory of the clergy: "the ecclesiastical against the temporary possessions, the ecclesiastical against the secular authority, the clerical class against the secular class".{{sfn|Waaijman|2000|pp=360–361}}{{refn|group=note|In Dutch: "de kerkelijke tegenover de tijdelijke goederen, het kerkelijk tegenover het wereldlijk gezag, de geestelijke stand tegenover de lekenstand".{{sfn|Waaijman|2000|pp=360–361}}}} Psychologically, it denoted the realm of the inner life: "the purity of motives, affections, intentions, inner dispositions, the psychology of the spiritual life, the analysis of the feelings".{{sfn|Waaijman|2000|p=361}}{{refn|group=note|In Dutch: "Zuiverheid van motieven, affecties, wilsintenties, innerlijke disposities, de psychologie van het geestelijk leven, de analyse van de gevoelens".{{sfn|Waaijman|2000|p=361}}}} | In the 11th century, this meaning changed. "Spirituality" began to denote the mental aspect of life, as opposed to the material and sensual aspects of life, "the ecclesiastical sphere of light against the dark world of matter".{{sfn|Waaijman|2000|p=360}}{{refn|group= note|In Dutch: "de hemelse lichtsfeer tegenover de duistere wereld van de materie". {{sfn|Waaijman|2000|p=360}}}} In the 13th century "spirituality" acquired a social and psychological meaning. Socially it denoted the territory of the clergy: "the ecclesiastical against the temporary possessions, the ecclesiastical against the secular authority, the clerical class against the secular class".{{sfn|Waaijman|2000|pp=360–361}}{{refn|group=note|In Dutch: "de kerkelijke tegenover de tijdelijke goederen, het kerkelijk tegenover het wereldlijk gezag, de geestelijke stand tegenover de lekenstand".{{sfn|Waaijman|2000|pp=360–361}}}} Psychologically, it denoted the realm of the inner life: "the purity of motives, affections, intentions, inner dispositions, the psychology of the spiritual life, the analysis of the feelings".{{sfn|Waaijman|2000|p=361}}{{refn|group=note|In Dutch: "Zuiverheid van motieven, affecties, wilsintenties, innerlijke disposities, de psychologie van het geestelijk leven, de analyse van de gevoelens".{{sfn|Waaijman|2000|p=361}}}} | ||
In the 17th and 18th centuries a distinction was made{{by whom|date=April 2019}} between higher and lower forms of spirituality:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Differences Between 17th Century And Early 18th Century {{!}} ipl.org |url=https://www.ipl.org/essay/Differences-Between-17th-Century-And-Early-18th-FKHRQLQBUXFV |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=www.ipl.org}}</ref> "A spiritual man is one who is Christian 'more abundantly and deeper than others'."{{sfn|Waaijman|2000|p=361}}{{refn|group=note|In Dutch: "Een spiritueel mens is iemand die 'overvloediger en dieper dan de anderen' christen is".{{sfn|Waaijman|2000|p=361}}}} The word was also associated with [[mysticism]] and [[Quietism (Christian philosophy)|quietism]], and acquired a negative meaning.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pryce |first1=Elaine |title= | In the 17th and 18th centuries a distinction was made{{by whom|date=April 2019}} between higher and lower forms of spirituality:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Differences Between 17th Century And Early 18th Century {{!}} ipl.org |url=https://www.ipl.org/essay/Differences-Between-17th-Century-And-Early-18th-FKHRQLQBUXFV |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=www.ipl.org}}</ref> "A spiritual man is one who is Christian 'more abundantly and deeper than others'."{{sfn|Waaijman|2000|p=361}}{{refn|group=note|In Dutch: "Een spiritueel mens is iemand die 'overvloediger en dieper dan de anderen' christen is".{{sfn|Waaijman|2000|p=361}}}} The word was also associated with [[mysticism]] and [[Quietism (Christian philosophy)|quietism]], and acquired a negative meaning.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pryce |first1=Elaine |title="Negative to a marked degree" or "an intense and glowing faith"? Rufus Jones and quaker quietism |url=https://read.dukeupress.edu/common-knowledge/article-abstract/16/3/518/6682/NEGATIVE-TO-A-MARKED-Degree-OR-AN-INTENSE-AND |website=Common Knowledge |access-date=19 November 2022}}</ref> | ||
===Modern spirituality=== | ===Modern spirituality=== | ||