Chapter XXXV: Book X: Quietism

CHAPTER I.

Queen Quietude 201
The Doctrine of ‘Pure Love’ discussed 205
Madame Guyon 207
Her Unhappy Marriage 208
The Kingdom of God within us 211
Efforts to Annihilate Self 213
Interior Attraction 216
Madame Guyon and the Romish Saints 218
Confessors and Small-pox 222
The Seven Years of Famine 224
Self-loss in God 227
Mistakes concerning the Nature of Spiritual Influence 230
Reformatory Character of her Mysticism 233
Activity and Persecution 234

CHAPTER II.

The Quietist Controversy 242
Molinos 242
Madame Guyon at Paris 245
St. Cyr 248
Fénélon and Madame Guyon 250
Signs of Danger 252
The Conferences at Issy 255
The Quietism of Fénélon 258
His Critical Position 262
Writes the _Maxims of the Saints_ 263
Appeals to Rome 265
Bossuet’s _Account of Quietism_ 268
Fénélon’s _Reply_ 269
Infallibility submits to Louis 271
Fénélon submits to Infallibility 272
The Controversy reviewed 273
Mysticism in France and in Germany 275

CHAPTER III.

Disinterested Love 283
Antoinette Bourignon 286
Peter Poiret 287
Madame de Krüdener 288