![]() ![]() ![]() This is an extremely difficult problem in understanding Julian, for it does, indeed, detract from her basic and overriding message of a God of Love, with whom human union is understood as being the focus of God’s will. This is especially true of her position on the nature of the human soul, which can be said to be semi-gnostic in many respects. Some of her teachings, however, stray towards the deep end of heresy. Such subjects as the Trinity, sin, grace, and love all receive clear and honest reflections which, with a number of very important exceptions, stay well within the bounds of all that was then-considered catholic. Her visions, understood as revelations from God, serve to provide her with the content of her theology, much of which maintains a rather close proximity to standard, orthodox Christianity. ![]() Julian of Norwich is, without a doubt, the quintessential example of medieval mysticism. Heretical Tendencies In The Thought of Julian of Norwich ![]()
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