Autobiography of Madame Guyon
by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon
Chapter 1 of 51 Preface
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6:24
- Running time
- 15 h 24 min
- Language
- English
- Read by
- peaceuntoyou
- Translated by
- Thomas Taylor Allen
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About this recording
Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon (commonly known as Madame Guyon) (April 13, 1648 - June 9, 1717) was a French mystic and one of the key advocates of Quietism. Quietism was considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church, and she was imprisoned from 1695 to 1703 after publishing a book on the topic, A Short and Easy Method of Prayer. This translation is by Thomas Taylor Allen was first published in 1897. Allen's dates are unknown. (Summary from Wikipedia.)