The Autobiography of Madame Guyon - Softcover

Bouvier, Jeanne Marie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1604444746 ISBN 13: 9781604444742

Publisher: IndoEuropeanPublishing.com, 2014

Synopsis

Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon (commonly known as Madame Guyon) was a French mystic and one of the key advocates of Quietism. (Intellectual stillness and interior passivity) Quietism was considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church, and she was imprisoned from 1695 to 1703 after publishing a book on the topic.

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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: IndoEuropeanPublishing.com
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1604444746
• ISBN 13: 9781604444742
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180