The Library
1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.
1601–1700
6 works
c. 1628–1638
Spanish
Juan Falconi · 1596–1638
Letters and treatises urging a simple prayer of faith, resting on God's will without effort or reflection, addressed largely to laypeople.
c. 1640–1659; published 1660
French
Jean de Bernières · 1602–1659
The spiritual letters of a lay treasurer of Normandy who funded missions to Canada and directed a circle of contemplatives from his own house.
1675
Spanish
Miguel de Molinos · 1628–1696
A method of interior quiet in which the soul ceases from acts and simply rests in God, leaving even meditation and petition behind.
1685
French
Jeanne Guyon · 1648–1717
An argument that everyone, including the simplest, can pray by simply attending to God's presence and abandoning themselves to his will.
c. 1682–1709
French
Jeanne Guyon · 1648–1717
An account of an unhappy marriage, widowhood, spiritual states of great intensity, and years of confinement in convents and the Bastille without trial.
1697
French
François Fénelon · 1651–1715
A defence of pure love — loving God without regard to one's own salvation — distinguishing legitimate mysticism from the errors condemned in Molinos.
6 of 1774 works