Julian of Norwich – Mystical Scriptures

Julian of Norwich(c. 1343–c. 1416)

English anchoress and visionary author of Revelations of Divine Love, among the earliest surviving works in English by a woman. Her theology is marked by profound trust in divine love, a distinctive understanding of sin and compassion, and an insistence on hope.

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Revelations of Divine Love

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XVI revelations of divine love, shewed to a devout servant of Our Lord, called Mother Juliana, an anchorete of Norwich: who lived in the dayes of King Edward the Third

The Dial's edition: London, 1670

"He is our clothing, that for love wrappeth us, and windeth us, halseth us, and all becloseth us, hangeth about us for tender love, that he maie never leave us."

One of the central works of medieval English mysticism: visions and theological reflection shaped by suffering, expressed as a spirituality of trust, tenderness, and cosmic reassurance.

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Julian of Norwich(c. 1343–c. 1416)

Revelations of Divine Love

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