Guyon's theology and spiritual writing opened new doors to people from all walks of life who yearned for spiritual joy and wisdom. These new translations include her popular A Short and Easy Method of Prayer, as well as her biblical commentary on the Song of Songs. The Complete Madame Guyon also pre[...]
I did not write this little work with the thought of its being given to the public. It was prepared for the help of a few Christians who were desirous of loving God with the whole heart. But so many have requested copies of it, because of the benefit they have derived from its perusal, that I have b[...]
Madame Jeanne-Marie Guyon (1648?1717) var en katolsk mystiker i Ludvig XIV:s Frankrike som haft stor betydelse för olika andliga rörelser, inte minst bland protestantiska läsare. Madame Guyon ansåg sig vara en trofast Kyrkans dotter men blev i hög grad kontroversiell. Hon anslöt sig till den [...]
The biography of a noble Frenchwoman whom her contemporaries harassed, imprisioned, and finally condemned as a hereyic? What was it that motivated women, keeping her faithful to her unpopular beliefs and causing her to rest joyfully in God's will ? even in the shadow of dungeon walls?[...]