The conflict over the heresy of "pure love" in seventeenth-century France
Subtitle: the tumult over the mysticism of Madame Guyon
By: Nancy Carol James ; with a foreword by John M. Graham.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press; Edwin Mellen Pr
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lewiston, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9780773450097
Subjects: Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte, -- 1648-1717; Quietism -- France -- 17th century; Church history -- 17th century; Church history -- 18th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Historical perspective on the great conflict; title: Guyon's theology of the Holy Spirit; title: Madame Guyon's dreams and visions; title: Bossuet and Fenelon : opponents over Madame Guyon's theology; title: Madame Guyon : influenced by the saints; title: An eighteenth century manuscript about the life and theology of Madame Guyon; title: Madame Guyon's theology : conclusions.