Revelations of Divine Love

Posted on 18 September 2018 by Julian of Norwich

One of the first woman authors, Julian of Norwich produced in Revelations of Divine Love a remarkable work of revelatory insight, that stands alongsideThe Cloud of Unknowing and Piers Plowman as a classic of Medieval religious literatureAfter fervently praying for a greater understanding of Christ s passion, Julian of Norwich, a fourteenth century anchorite and mystic, experienced a series of divine revelations Through these showings , Christ s sufferings were revealed to her with extraordinary intensity, but she also received assurance of God s unwavering love for man and his infinite capacity for forgiveness Written in a vigorous English vernacular, the Revelations are one of the most original works of medieval mysticism and have had a lasting influence on Christian thought This edition of the Revelations contains both the short text, which is mainly an account of the showings themselves and Julian s initial interpretation of their meaning, and the long text, completed some twenty years later, which moves from vision to a daringly speculative theology Elizabeth Spearing s translation preserves Julian s directness of expression and the rich complexity of her thought An introduction, notes and appendices help to place the works in context for modern readers. Download Revelations of Divine Love – kino-fada.fr And I saw quite certainly in this and in everything that God loved us before he made us and his love has never diminished and never shall And all of his works were done in this love and in this love he has made everything for our profit and in this love our life is everlasting I don t know what sort of criteria one should use to rate this book, so I m not going to attempt it I approached it from the perspective of an agnostic leaning towards atheist, and I came out of my reading experienc And I saw quite certainly in this and in everything that God loved us before he made us and his love has never diminished and never shall And all of his works were done in this love and in this love he has made everything for our profit and in this love our life is everlasting I don t know what sort of criteria one should use to rate this book, so I m not going to attempt it I approached it from the perspective of an agnostic leaning towards atheist, and I came out of my reading experience realizing that the reason I was so unshakably stuck in this position, unable to even consider the possibility of personal belief, is because I was looking at fait...From about four in the morning until nine on the eighth of May 1373, Julian of Norwich, then thirty years old, sick and believing herself to be near to death, had a series of visions of Christ After this she had a vision of the Devil he had tile red skin, dark freckles, red hair, white teeth and smelt terrible view spoiler thank goodness, my skin isn t exactly tile red in colour hide spoiler before seeing Christ again that night and then the Devil again who upon departing l...Visions of a Medieval Mystic28 January 2012 I discovered this book when my Bible College lecturer mentioned it and then proceeded to mock it for the rest of the lecture Once the lecture had finished I went straight to the library, located it, and borrowed it, and I must admit that I quite enjoyed it it was a much easier read than An Imitation of Christ Basically the book is about a series of 16 visions that a female recluse had in the 1300s and her interpretation of these visions The story Visions of a Medieval Mystic28 January 2012 I discovered this book when my Bible College lecturer mentioned it and then proceeded to mock it for the rest of the lecture Once the lecture had finished I went straight to the library, located it, and borrowed it, and I must admit that I quite enjoyed it it was a much easier read than An Imitation of Christ Basically the book is about a series of 16 visions that a female recluse had in the 1300s and her interpretation of these visions The story goes that Julian of Norwich wanted to have a revelation from God and then one day fell extremely ill, and while she was ill she had a series of 16 visions in which she learnt about God s loving nature It is not the most theologically sound book that I hav...The first book known to have been written by a woman in the English language Julian is loved by feminist theologians and Catholic conservatives alike Out of her mystical visions of Christ, comes an exploration of the feminine aspects of God, the pr...Medieval Lit sometimes you are so cool, and other times you make me want to stab my eyes out with a quill pen.Julian of Norwich falls into the category of written dream vision, of which there seems to have been jillions in the middle ages Nobody just had regular dreams, oh no they had religiously significant dreams that must be recorded for all to read about and for professors today to torture their students with Thanks, Julian Thanks a bunch.In all seriousness, I appreciate her sincerity a Medieval Lit sometimes you are so cool, and other times you make me want to stab my eyes out with a quill pen.Julian of Norwich falls into the category of written dream vision, of which there seems to have been jillions in the middle ages Nobody just had regular dreams, oh no they had religiously significant dreams that must be recorded for all to read about and for professors today to torture their students with Tha...Julian likes lists So do I At another time in my life, her writings might have sounded like an old time sermon The recording I listened to read by Pam Ward and produced by Hovel Audio did use many quaint unfamiliar expressions And yet, I found myself compelled to love Julian s Gracious Lord , so I might be able to claim as she did, Our courteous Lord endlessly beholds us in this work, rejoicing And we please him best by wisely and truly believing these things, and by rejoicing with him Julian likes lists So do I At another time in my life, her writings might have sounded like an old time sermon The recording I listened to read by Pam Ward and produced by Hovel Audio did use many quaint unfamiliar expressions And yet, I found myself compelled to love Julian s Gracious Lord , so I might be able to claim as she did, Our courteous Lord endlessly beholds us in this work, rejoicing And we please him best by wisely and truly believing these things, and by rej...This books seems pretty divisive Readers either give it five stars or 1 2 stars For me, I suppose I had a difficult time reading it with it s original milieu in mind I couldn t stop thinking This would never get published today, this would never get published today.Obviously, it is a very significant work, as the first recorded English writing by a woman as a well recognized anchorite bio However, I simply didn t get much from it Also, I am tainted by my rebellious protestant upbringin This books seems pretty divisive Readers either give it five stars or 1 2 stars For me, I suppose I had a difficult time reading it with it s original milieu in mind I couldn t stop thinking This would never get published today, this would never get published today.Obviously, it is a very significant work, as the first recorded English writing by a woman a...This book is a series of essays that Julian of Norwich wrote about 16 revelations she had about God s love This is a fascinating read with some interesting insights Julian may not have been spot on with her theology, but this book is well worth reading.She is also the first known woman to write a book in English Things that stood out to me At one point Julian of Norwich had a vision in which God showed her a hazelnut, and from that very simple ordinary thing she learned three lessons 1 God Thi...In chapter 51 of Julian of Norwich s Showings, she introduces a parable of a lord and a servant 267ff The servant falls into a dell while serving his lord and Julian then perceives the situation from both the perspective of the lord and the servant Although the lord and servant are later revealed to be God an...Since the late 1970s, thanks to the series Classics of Western Spirituality, English readers have had access to an excellent text in modern English of the Book of Revelations by Julian of Norwich, both in its short and long versions Mirabai Starr thought time had come for a muchdaring translation, theologically speaking, of the mystic s sixteen visions in its long version She states doing so on the basis of what she thinks are Julian s ideas This leads her to move quite far away from Since the late 1970s, thanks to the series Classics of Western Spirituality, English readers have had access to an excellent text in modern English of the Book of Revelations by Julian of Norwich, both in its short and long versions Mirabai Starr thought time had come for a muchdaring translation, theologically speaking, of the mystic s sixteen visions in its long version She states doing so on the basis of what she thinks are Julian s ideas This leads her to move quite far away from the literal text in some cases, under the pretext of providing aaccessible text to the reader Nevertheless, one can often wonder about the merits of such a choice, even if it is true that translating is always a matter of interpretation, but to what extent The textual expression those who will be saved for example, was translated as all beings To move away from the usual consensus can sometimes createconfusion than c...

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