Antoinette Bourignon (1616 –1680) was a Flemish mystic. Antoinette was born at Lille to a rich Catholic family with a facial deformity. Believing herself called to restore the pure spirit of the Gospel, she fled her French home and entered a convent. Antoinette gathered followers in Amsterdam and printed enthusiastic works. Her religious enthusiasm, peculiarity of views and disregard of all sects raised both zealous persecutors and warm adherents. Bourignonism proved to be especially popular in Scotland, sufficiently to call forth several denunciations of her doctrines in various early 18th century Presbyterian general assemblies.
Sunday 9 May 2010
Antoinette Bourignon
Antoinette Bourignon (1616 –1680) was a Flemish mystic. Antoinette was born at Lille to a rich Catholic family with a facial deformity. Believing herself called to restore the pure spirit of the Gospel, she fled her French home and entered a convent. Antoinette gathered followers in Amsterdam and printed enthusiastic works. Her religious enthusiasm, peculiarity of views and disregard of all sects raised both zealous persecutors and warm adherents. Bourignonism proved to be especially popular in Scotland, sufficiently to call forth several denunciations of her doctrines in various early 18th century Presbyterian general assemblies.
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