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Also Known As Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte • Madame Guyon
Born April 13, 1648 • France
Died June 9, 1717 (aged 69) • Blois • France
Subjects Of Study Quietism • mysticism

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Miguel de Molinos
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Jean de Gerson
French theologian
Félicité Lamennais, oil on canvas by Paulin-Guérin, 1826; in the Musée National de Versailles et des Trianons, France.
Félicité Lamennais
French priest
Berengar Of Tours
French theologian
Alfred Firmin Loisy
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François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon
François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon
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St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. Ignatius of Loyola
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Jan Hus
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John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe
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William of Ockham
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Jansen, engraving by Jean Morin
Cornelius Otto Jansen
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Joachim Of Fiore
Italian theologian
Michael Servetus
Michael Servetus
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Ramon Llull.
Ramon Llull
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Jerome of Prague
Jerome of Prague
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