The Pure Love of Madame Guyon : The Great Conflict in King Louis XIV's Court

By (author) James, Nancy C.

In seventeenth-century France, Madame Guyon wrote about the concept of "pure love." "Love pure and holy, is a deathless fire," she wrote, and is "ethereal fare." Her popular books spread quickly through Europe and the New World, drawing the attention of Louis XIV and the court at Versailles. The Inquisition attacked her writing and concepts, resulting in her decade long incarceration, including years in the Bastille. Archbishop Fenelon defended Guyon while the leading cleric, Bishop Bossuet, demanded that the Vatican condemn Fenelon and Guyon as heretics. A contemporaneous historian wrote a history of the "Great Conflict" between Guyon, Bossuet, Fenelon, and the Vatican entitled Supplement to the Life of Madame Guyon, which is regarded as having been written in the eighteenth-century. Professor Nancy C. James's translation of this manuscript from the Bodleian Library at Oxford University is featured in this book, coupled with an analysis of the powerful theology of Guyon that influenced both the growth of the Quakers and Romanticism. This history addresses roots of our social conflicts as individual consciences struggle against destructive political power.

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  • Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Historical Perspective on the Great Conflict Chapter 3 Guyon's Theology of the Holy Spirit Chapter 4 Madame Guyon's Dreams and Visions Chapter 5 Bossuet and Fenelon: Opponents over Guyon's Theology Chapter 6 A Manuscript about the Life and Theology of Madame Guyon Chapter 7 Manuscript Translated: Supplement to the Life of Madame Guyon Chapter 8 Madame Guyon's Theology: Conclusions Part 9 Endnotes Part 10 Bibliography

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書名 The Pure Love of Madame Guyon : The Great Conflict in King Louis XIV's Court
著作者等 James, Nancy C.
書名別名 The Great Conflict in King Louis XIV's Court
出版元 University Press of America
刊行年月 2007.06.14
ページ数 130p
大きさ H231 x W154
ISBN 9780761837572
言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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