Madame Guyon was also confined to a convent for a time but never repented of her views She was eventually released through the influence of some of her noble friends Around 1686, Madame Guyon met the young pious bishop Franỗois de Sali gride and de la Mothe Fộnelon, who quickly became convinced of the genuineness of her spirituality Bishop Fénelon became a promoter of a less radical form of Quietism, one characterized more by indifference than the total passivity promoted by Molinos and Madame Guyon All was relatively quiet until the elderly Archbishop Bossuet, long a defender of the faith, was asked to look into the views of Lacombe and Guyon Because of Guyon’s continued popularity with many members of the French court, she was never condemned publicly but rather agreed to retract her views In 1696, Bossuet sent a written work to Fénelon for his comment and approval In it Bossuet condemned once again the views of Guyon Rather than agreeing, Fénelon wrote and published a work of his own that defended the centrality of religious experience Some historians view the controversy as unnecessary, as the two theologians were not so far away from Quietism 325 agreement Nevertheless, the controversy boiled over, as Bossuet appealed to the king for justice against Fénelon, who refused to debate the elderly theologian Eventually Fénelon appealed to the pope in Rome, offending King Louis XIV, who, while unable to remove Fénelon from his office, forbad him to be present at the royal court In 1699, under pressure from Rome, Fénelon repudiated his views After Madame Guyon’s death in 1717, Quietism itself slowly died away Yet it left its mark on the church in France, Spain, and Italy, and later evangelical Protestants See also Ferdinand V and Isabella I of Spain; Jesuits in Asia; Loyola, Ignatius of, and the Society of Jesus Further reading: Daniel-Rops, H The Church in the Seventeenth Century New York: E P Dutton, 1963; Fộnelon, Franỗois Fộnelon: Meditations on the Heart of God Orleans, MA: Paraclete Press, 1997; Guyon, Jeanne Union with God Jacksonville, FL: Seedsowers, 1981 Bruce Franson