Julian'sEschatology
Conclusion
her Short Text, chapter vi (also expressed more briefly in the Long Text, chapter 9) Julian affirms with hints of universalism:
It is in this unity of love that the life consists of all men who will be saved. For God is everything that is good and God has made everything that is made and God loves everything that he has made, and if any man or woman withdraws his love from any of his fellow Christians, he does not love at all, because he has not love towards all. And so in such times he is in danger, because he is not at peace; and anyone who has general love for his fellow
Christians has love towards everything which is. For in mankind which will be saved is comprehended all, that is, all that is made and the maker of all; for God is in man and so in man is all. And he who thus generally loves all his fellow Christians loves all, and he who loves thus is safe.
Through the medium of her writings it is possible to see how carefully Julian attempted to hold together the personal, the theological, and the pastoral dimensions. Julian was no longer a passive "victim" of her context and its difficult social and religious circumstances. Through her writings, Julian became an active agent, seeking to transform people's attitudes and consequently change their lives. We have no idea about how well the specifics of her pastoral message were received in her own times although the various bequests to Julian as well as Margery Kempe's description of her visit to Julian suggest that overall she was highly respected as a spiritual guide.
Julian's Eschatology Beyond Julian's key theological themes of God, creation, human nature, sin and salvation, and prayer, there is also a deep message of hope. This should not be reduced to a simplistic embrace of the immediately comforting words "all will be well." The more extended phrase, "all will be well, and all will be well, and every kind of thing will be well" appears in chapter 27 in relation to the existence of sin. The phrase follows God's assertion that sin is "behovely" (or opportune). As we have already seen, scholarly opinion is that the Middle English phrase "alle shalle be wele" implies more than a future‐orientated "everything will be made well sometime later." "Shalle" also implies necessity. Part of the eschatological vision presented to Julian is that God necessarily redeems everything. This is not a matter of straight‐ forward comfort because the notion of "all will [or shall] be well" is also complex and deeply challenging. God's final completion is a mystery that is