• “If I am content to heal a hurt slightly, saying ‘Peace, peace,’ where is no peace; if I forget the poignant word ‘Let love be without dissimulation’ and blunt the edge of truth, speaking not right things but smooth things, then I know nothing of Calvary love.” – Amy Carmichael

Women of the Middle Ages

Teresa of Avila (1515-?)
Margery Kempe (1373-1439)
Julian of Norwich(1342-?)
St Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Marguerite Porete (+1310)
St Birgitta of Sweden (1303-1372)

Other Women of the Middle Ages
Clare of Assisi
Lioba
Brigid of Ireland
Joan of Arc
Hilda of Whitby
Christina of Markyate
Frau Ava
Mechthild of Magdeburg
Hadewijch

Women in the Medieval Church – Christian History Institute

 

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But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. — James 3:17-18 (NKJV)

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