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Motte-Guyon, Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la (1648-1717)
Madame Guyon (Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon) (b. 18 April 1648, d. 9 June 1717) was a French mystic, who preached and practiced semi-quietism, and by her writings exerted influence in Germany on Tersteegen, Gottfried Arnold, the Moravian Brethren, and also on pietistically inclined Mennonite circles. Her most read books were Leben heiliger Seelen and Heilige Liebe Gottes mit Sinnbildern. The latter, published in 1717, translated from the French by Tersteegen and published in 1751 at Mühlheim a.d. Ruhr, was reprinted in 1828 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. BibliographyFriedmann, Robert. Mennonite Piety Through the Centuries: its Genius and its Literature. Goshen, IN: Mennonite Historical Society, 1949. Reprinted Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1976: 214 f., 218. Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: II, 213. 
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 613. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website. ©1996-2013 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved. To cite this page: MLA style: Neff, Christian. "Motte-Guyon, Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la (1648-1717)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 22 May 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/motte_guyon_jeanne_marie_bouvier_de_la_1648_1717. APA style: Neff, Christian. (1956). Motte-Guyon, Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la (1648-1717). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/motte_guyon_jeanne_marie_bouvier_de_la_1648_1717. Document Actions |
