This is a Brand New book in excellent condition. - Format: Paperback
- Author: J. M. B. De La Motte Guyon
- ISBN10: 1409907503
- ISBN13: 9781409907503
Jeanne-Marie nee Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon commonly known as Madame Guyon 1648-1717 was a French mystic and one of the key advocates of Quietism. Quietism was considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church, and she was imprisoned from 1695 to 1703 after publishing a book on the topic, A Short and Easy Method of Prayer. Guyons parents were very religious people, and they gave her an especially pious training. Other important impressions from her youth that remained with her came from reading the works of St. Francis de Sales, and from certain nuns, her teachers. At one time she wanted to be a nun, but soon changed her mind. Her published works, the Moyen Court and the Regles des Associees a lEnfance de Jesu, were both placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum in 1688. Francois Fenelons Maximes des Saints was also branded with the condemnation of both the Pope and the bishops of France. Her disciples at the Court of Louis XIV were persons of piety and of exemplary life. Guyons most devout disciples after her death were to be found among the Protestants and especially the Quakers.
