Revelations of Divine Love

work by Julian of Norwich

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Revelations of Divine Love, also known as Showings, is a significant work of medieval religious experience by the English Christian mystic Julian of Norwich. Written in the late 14th century, it details a series of visions Julian experienced of Christ's suffering and the Blessed Virgin Mary.12

Julian, who lived as a recluse in Norwich, England, explored profound Christian mysteries within her writings, including predestination and the problem of evil. Her work is renowned for its theological depth and comforting message, famously including the quote, "All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well".12

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Christianity
Western Catholic Christianity
recluse Julian of Norwich, whose Revelations of Divine Love is unsurpassed in English mystical literature. Julian’s meditations on the inner meaning of her revelations of the crucified Christ express the mystical solidarity of all humanity in the Redeemer, who is conceived of as a nurturing mother.
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recluse Julian of Norwich, whose Revelations of Divine Love is unsurpassed in English mystical literature. Julian’s meditations on the inner meaning of her revelations of the crucified Christ express the mystical solidarity of all humanity in the Redeemer, who is conceived of as a nurturing mother.
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Julian of Norwich
…Christian mystic and hermit whose Revelations of Divine Love (or Showings) is considered one of the most remarkable documents of medieval religious experience. She spent the latter part of her life as a recluse (anchorite) in a cell at St. Julian’s Church (for which she is named) in Norwich.
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…Christian mystic and hermit whose Revelations of Divine Love (or Showings) is considered one of the most remarkable documents of medieval religious experience. She spent the latter part of her life as a recluse (anchorite) in a cell at St. Julian’s Church (for which she is named) in Norwich.
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English literature
Religious prose
…which she wrote in her Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love, one of the foremost works of English spirituality by the standards of any age. Rather different religious experiences went into the making of The Book of Margery Kempe (c. 1432–36), the extraordinary autobiographical record of a bourgeoise woman, dictated to…
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…which she wrote in her Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love, one of the foremost works of English spirituality by the standards of any age. Rather different religious experiences went into the making of The Book of Margery Kempe (c. 1432–36), the extraordinary autobiographical record of a bourgeoise woman, dictated to…
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