ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MEDIEVAL WOMEN WRITERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which speaker said that “God is more nearer to us than our own soul?”
A
Julian of Norwich
B
Margery Kempe
C
Catherine of Siena
D
Catherine de Pizan
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -"All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well"

Detailed explanation-2: -Julian’s visions At this point, she experienced a series of visions which she believed to be divine revelations. She tells us that this occurred in May 1373, which gives us her birthdate as late 1342.

Detailed explanation-3: -For the Trinity is God: God is the Trinity; the Trinity is our Maker and Keeper, the Trinity is our everlasting love and everlasting joy and bliss, by our Lord Jesus Christ. And this was shewed in the First [Shewing] and in all: for where Jesus appeareth, the blessed Trinity is understood, as to my sight.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is believed that she developed a close relationship with her cat, and she is known as both the patron saint of contemplatives and of cats.

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