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Jeanne guyon pronunciation
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Jeanne Guyon
French Christian accused of advocating Quietism (1648–1717)
Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon | |
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Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon | |
| Born | 13 April 1648 Montargis, Orléanais |
| Died | 9 June 1717 (aged 69) Blois, France |
Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon (commonly known as Madame Guyon, French:[gɥi.jɔ̃]; 13 April 1648 – 9 June 1717) was a French Christian accused of advocating Quietism, which was considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church.[1] Madame Guyon was imprisoned from 1695 to 1703 after publishing the book A Short and Very Easy Method of Prayer.
Personal life
Guyon was the daughter of Claude Bouvier, a procurator of the tribunal of Montargis, 110 kilometers south of Paris and 70 kilometers east of Orléans. She was sickly in her childhood, and her education was neglected.
Her childhood was spent between the convent, and the home of her affluent parents, moving nine times in ten years. Guyon's p