Julian says, "Not only is God a father, Jesus was a mother." This gender reversal of Jesus's character is another way of saying God is full of motherly love for all her children. She says that God is so loving, the limitations of the metaphor "God is father," are too constricting. She reports having ecstatic moments of prophetic transcendence, where she was united with the love of God, and she reports no malice in the character of God. Who wouldn't want love to be the answer? And yet, it takes boldness to say what Julian said. Paul called the "mystery of the Gospel." Love as the answer How can a loving God create suffering animals in a world full of evil? The question points Julian to what St. Because evil exists, and because God "made everything that exists," there is a dilemma that Julian quickly isolates as a question above all other questions: The theodicy. The question revolves around the existential problem of evil. Is God evil or good? That is a forbidden question in certain religious communities, but Julian goes there in the first section of her book. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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