Jeanne Guyon

Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon was a French Christian accused of advocating Quietism, which was considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church. Madame Guyon was imprisoned from 1695 to 1703 after publishing the book A Short and Very Easy Method of Prayer.

13 April 1648

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