[FairfieldLife] RE: The game is afoot again

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Miguel de Molinos was very popular with laymen and women. The reason he was 
condemned by the Church was because he was giving people a method of  
"salvation" that bypassed the Church hierarchy. (There were other contemporary 
Christians teachers that taught similar methods so he didn't emerge out of a 
vacuum.)
 His classic work was The Spiritual Guide which was an influential best-seller. 
Archbishop Fénelon was heavily indebted to it which brought him into conflict 
with other Church elders.
 Molinos' most famous disciple was French lady Madame Guyon (1648-1717) whose 
works were also best-sellers and who took the Quietist approach to its logical 
conclusion (and so was also condemned by the Church). Her autobiography is 
considered a classic of French literature. 
 If Quietism had emerged triumphant the history of the Catholic Church would 
have been very different indeed. No one in the western world would have needed 
a maharishi from India to awaken them to the inner life so we have 350 years to 
catch up on.