Ebook {Epub PDF} Revelations of Divine Love 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 alongside The Cloud of Unknowing and Piers Plowman as a classic of Medieval religious literature After fervently praying for a greater understanding of Christ's passion, Julian of Norwich, a fourteenth-century anchorite and mystic, ex/5. "Revelations of Divine Love" is a text of Julian of Norwich's dream visions that she had when she was near death. Then, after being miraculously healed, Julian of Norwich dedicated the rest of her life to writing her series of sixteen visions for all to read and understand/5().  · The world of Julian’s Revelations is “centered upon the cross of Christ as the fundamental form of God’s self-sacrificing love.”. [1] Julian reports that God unveiled these sixteen showings through visual and verbal communication, “spiritually, in a bodily likeness” as well as “spiritually, without bodily likeness.”.Estimated Reading Time: 10 mins.

Overview. Revelations of Divine Love, by Julian of Norwich (c. to after ), is a classic work of Christian spirituality from the late Middle Ages, as well as the first book written in English by a woman. Originally in Middle English, Julian's text has been translated numerous times into more modern forms of English, and its spiritual insights have attracted such admirers as T.S. Eliot. PRELUDE. CHAPTER 1. A revelation of love — in sixteen showings. In this opening chapter, Julian outlines 16 different ways that God has showed his divine love for us. In their beauty and diversity, these 16 manifestations can touch every person. CHAPTER 2. A simple person to whom God gave three gifts. One of the first woman authors, Julian of Norwich produced in Revelations of Divine Love a remarkable work of revelatory insight, that stands alongside The Cloud of Unknowing and Piers Plowman as a classic of Medieval religious literature. This Penguin Classics edition is translated from Middle English by Elizabeth Spe.

REVELATIONS OF DIVINE LOVE. CHAPTER I “A Revelation of Love—in Sixteen Shewings” THIS is a Revelation of Love that Jesus Christ, our endless bliss, made in Sixteen Shewings, or Revelations particular. Of the which the First is of His precious crowning with thorns; and therewith was comprehended. Julian, of Norwich, Editor: Warrack, G. (Grace Harriet), Title: Revelations of. Revelations of Divine Love, by Julian of Norwich (c. to after ), is a classic work of Christian spirituality from the late Middle Ages, as well as the first book written in English by a woman.