ABSTRACT
Chapter 4 explores deification in the Long Text of Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of Divine Love. The chapter focuses particularly on the idea of indwelling, a concept which Rob Faesen has explored in Ruusbroec in similar regard. Julian too as an anchorite is clearly influenced by a spirituality grounded in the Desert tradition. However, it is argued that the heart of her understanding of deification is realistic in ways that bring her close to Mark Edwards’ reading of Cyril of Alexandria. In both cases, it is argued that, as in the Early Church, deification for these two writers is closely tied to Christology and in Rolle’s case is exegetical in nature.
