The Autobiography of Madame Guyon - Softcover

Jeanne Marie Bouvier De La Motte Guyon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1604247258 ISBN 13: 9781604247251

Publisher: Book Jungle, 2007

Synopsis

Madame Guyon is known for her high degree of spirituality. She was born into a corrupt time in history and the church at that time was especially corrupt. She was persecuted during her career and worked with very little religious training yet she rose to the heights of Christian devotion. She spent her life devoted to the Catholic Church even when she spent years imprisoned by the church. She was a French mystic who believed in Quietism, which was considered heretical by the church. After publishing a book on Quietism she was imprisoned for eight years. She spent the last 15 years of her life is silence writing poetry.

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About the Author

Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte was born near Paris in 1648. She was a sickly child who married a wealthy neighbor (22 years her senior) when she was 16 years of age. At 28 she was a widow with three small children. At age 47 she was imprisoned because her writings about God and prayer ran contrary to the established church of the time. She lost her freedom for 7 years during which time she continued to write about the God she loved.

Language Notes

Text: English, French (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Book Jungle
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1604247258
• ISBN 13: 9781604247251
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256