Explication des maximes des saints sur la vie intérieure

work by Fénelon

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  • François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon
    In François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon

    …Guyon, however, Fénelon responded with Explication des maximes des saints sur la vie intérieure (1697; “Explanation of the Sayings of the Saints on the Interior Life”). Defending Madame Guyon’s integrity, Fénelon not only lost Bossuet’s friendship but also exposed himself to Bossuet’s public denunciation. As a result, Fénelon’s Maximes des…

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