Revelations of Divine Love

by Julian of Norwich

REVELATIONS
of DIVINE LOVE
Recorded by JULIAN,
Anchoress at NORWICH
ANNO DOMINI 1373

In lumine tuo videbimus lumen.

 

 

A version from the MS. in the BRITISH MUSEUM
edited by
GRACE WARRACK

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Domine, refugium factus es nobis, a generatione in generationem.
Respice in servos tuos, et in opera tua: et dirige filios eorum.
Et sit splendor Domini Dei nostri super nos, et opera manuum
nostrarum dirige super nos: et opus manuum nostrarum dirige.

"Truth seeth God, and Wisdom beholdeth God, and of these two cometh the third: that is a holy, marvelling delight in God; which is Love."

CONTENTS

1. I.

   Notes on Manuscripts and Editions of this Book ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   xi

2. II.

   Note as to two Julians ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   xv

3. III.

   Introduction:—

4. Part I. The Lady Julian ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   xvii

5. Part II. The Manner of the Book ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   xxxiii

6. Part III. The Theme of the Book ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   lv

7. IV.

   "Revelations of Divine Love":—(editorial account)

1. Chapter

2. I.

   A List of Contents, called "A Particular of the Chapters" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   1

3. II.–III.

   Autobiographical ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   3

4. IV.–IX.

   The First Revelation: The Trinity is shewn, through the Suffering of Christ, as Goodness, or Love all-working ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   8

5. X.

   The Second Revelation: Man's Sight of God's Love is but partial because of sin's darkness ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   21

6. XI.

   The Third Revelation: All Being is Being of God and is good: Sin is no Being ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   26

7. XII.

   The Fourth Revelation: The stain of sin through lacking of human love is cleared away by the Death of Christ in His Love ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   29

8. XIII.

   The Fifth Revelation: By Love's Sacrifice, in Christ, the evil suffered, for Love's Increase, to rise, is overcome for ever ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   30

9. XIV.

   The Sixth Revelation: The travail of Man against evil on earth is a glory accepted by Love in Heaven ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   33

10. XV.

    The Seventh Revelation: It is of God's Will, for our learning, that on earth we change between joy of light and pain of darkness ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    34

11. XVI.–XXI.

    The Eighth Revelation: Of the oneness of God and Man in the Passion of Christ, through Compassion of the Creature with Christ and of Christ with the Creature. All compassion in men is Christ in men ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    36

12. XXII.–XXIII.

    The Ninth Revelation: Of the worshipful entering of Man's soul into the Joy of Love Divine in the Passion ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    46

13. XXIV.

    The Tenth Revelation: Of the thankful entering of the soul into the Peace of the Endless Love opened up for Man in the time of the Passion ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    51

14. XXV.

    The Eleventh Revelation: Of Christ's Raising, Fulfilling Love to the souls of men, as beheld in the love between Him and His Mother. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    52

15. XXVI.

    The Twelfth Revelation: All that the soul lives by and loves is God, through Christ ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    54

16. XXVII.–XL.

    The Thirteenth Revelation: Man's finite love was suffered by Infinite Love to fail, that falling thus through sin into pain and death of darkness, the creature therein might more deeply know his need and more highly know, in its succouring strength, the Creator's Love, as the Saviour's; that so being raised, and for ever held clinging to that through the grace of the Holy Ghost, he might rise to fuller and higher and endless oneness with God ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    55

17. XLI.–XLIII.

    The Fourteenth Revelation: Beginning on earth, Prayer makes the soul one with God ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    84

18. XLIV.–LXIII.

    Regarding these Revelations and the Christian Life of Love's travail on earth against sin ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    93

19. LXIV.–LXV.

    The Fifteenth Revelation (Closing): Of Love's Fulfilment in Heaven ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    159

20. LXVI.

    Autobiographical: The fall through frailty of nature, by self-regarding, into doubt of the Shewing of Love; the rescue by mercy; the assaying of faith and the overcoming by grace ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    164

21. LXVII.–LXVIII.

    The Sixteenth Revelation (Confirming): The Indwelling of God in the Soul, now and for ever. "Thou shalt not be overcome" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    167

22. LXIX.

    Autobiographical: The second assaying of faith, through the horror of spiritual darkness; the overcoming by virtue of the Passion of Christ, with help from the Common Belief of the Christian Fellowship ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    170

23. LXX.–LXXXV.

    The Life of Faith is kept by Charity, led on by Hope ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    172

24. LXXXVI.

    The Meaning of the Whole. Of learning more on earth and in Heaven of the One thing taught in the Revelation: the Endless Love; in Which Life is everlasting ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    202

1. V.

   Postscript by an early Transcriber of the Manuscript ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   204

2. VI.

   Glossary ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   205

The Title-page is from a design by Phoebe Anna Traquair.