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Jeanne Guyon : selected writings / translated, edited, and introduced by Dianne Guenin-Lelle and Ronney Mourad.
LIBRA BX4705.G8 A3 2012b
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte, 1648-1717.
- Series:
- Classics of Western spirituality
- The classics of Western spirituality
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections. English. 2012
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte, 1648-1717.
- Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte.
- Catholics--France--Biography.
- Catholics.
- France.
- Mysticism--Catholic Church.
- Mysticism.
- Quietism.
- Spirituality--Catholic Church.
- Spirituality.
- Spiritual life--Catholic Church.
- Spiritual life.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 341 pages ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Selected writings
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Paulist Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- Jeanne Guyon was a seventeenth-century French mystic and Quietist, and a fascinating figure in the court of Louis XIV. This book offers new translations of her most important spiritual and autobiographical writings and introduces readers to her life and work.
- Contents:
- Introduction. Brief biography
- Guyon's place in French history, especially in the Quietist Affair
- Theological context
- Guyon's influences and theology
- Historical and contemporary treatments of Guyon
- Brief introduction to the texts
- Texts. A short and easy method of prayer which all can practice very easily and through which all can arrive in a short time to a high perfection
- Commentary on the Song of songs of Solomon : interpreted according to the mystical sense and the true representation of inner states
- The life of Madame J.M.B. de la Motte Guyon written by herself.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-334) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780809105953
- 0809105950
- 9780809147182
- 0809147181
- OCLC:
- 731009651
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