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| From Faith to Power——Escalation of the Issue of Quietism in France and the Beginning of the Dispute between Bossuet and Fénelon |
| Chen Zhe |
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Abstract From 1693 to 1695， the issue of Quietism continued to ferment in France， from an otherwise unremarkable dispute to a conflict between Bossuet and Fénelon， tutors of Grand Dauphin and Duke of Burgundy respectively. Fénelon tried to use Bossuet's reputation in the Church to prove that the doctrine of Madame Guyon did not deviate from the orthodox of the Catholicism， whereas Bossuet threw himself into Madame Maintenon's camp by denouncing Madame Guyon and Fénelon after seeing the way in which the wind was blowing. Because of the special status of these two great churchmen， political groups inevitably seized the chance to intervene， and furthermore， a debate on theological issues gradually revealed itself as a power struggle. As both sides stood on the self-aggrandized moral high ground， the irreconcilable juxtaposition of their claims not only puzzled later researchers， but also led to the ambiguity of the reasons for and the exact process of the deterioration of the relationship between the two men. Thus， exploring the process of the escalation of the Quietism issue into the dispute between Bossuet and Fénelon will help to further the understanding of the complex network of interests between the upper echelons of the French political and religious sectors， and reveal the subtle and complicated connection between the ideological dispute and the struggle for political power in the later period of Louis XIV’s reign.
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Received: 24 July 2023
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