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Christian Devotional Classics: Revelations of Divine Love

September 8, 2013 by Tom Grosh IV Leave a Comment

Julian of Norwich (1342 - c.1416) "Julian of Norwich is the first writer in English who can be identified with certainty as a woman. . . .  Apparently at the point of death from a severe illness, for which she had earlier prayed as a means to be 'purged by he mercy of God and afterwards to live more to God's glory' (chapter 2), she received a series of 'showings' . . . so compelling and so rich in meaning that Julian understood them to come directly from God and to be messages not just to herself but to all … [Read more...] about Christian Devotional Classics: Revelations of Divine Love

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: Christian Devotional Classics, Julian of Norwich, Love, Middle Ages, Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love, showings, the black death, the great famine

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