Francois Fenelon was a contemporary of Madame Guyon.They met while he was in the king’s court.Fenelon was impressed by her piety and understanding of the paths of spirituality.He became a dedicated student of her writings and later co-authored some writings with her. In 1693 he was named Abbott of Saint Valery, and a year later the pope named him Archbishop of Cambrai.An archbishop is one step from a cardinal and two steps from pope.But because he began teaching and writing after the works of Guyon, he was chastised by the church for his heresy and forbidden by Louis XIV to return to Paris.Most of his sermons and writings have been lost to us, butthosethat remain evidence the influence of Madame Guyon. Although the Catholic Church wanted his writings suppressed, a Vatican committee which was appointed to settle the matter gave Fenelon only a handslap by moderately condemning his work entitled Maxims of the Saints..The writings of Guyon and Fenelon clearly teach that man’s access to God is not through other men, but through our great High Priest, the Lord Jesus Christ. The Journey, April 2001