Julian of Norwich

Was this influential and holy woman, the first ever to compose a book in the vernacular English, a serious Theologian?
Or,
was she merely a learned Mystic?


Theologian

n : someone who is learned in Theology or who speculates about Theology (especially Christian Theology)

By this definition, although a very broad and secular one, anyone who merely speculates about Theology is a Theologian. In the loose sense, one most definately would define Julian as a Theologian. In the stricter sense, the one learned in Theology is the "serious" theologian.
The end of Theology is God Himself. The end of Christian mysticism is, once again, God Himself. Initially, the Mystic's understanding of God may seem to contadict the serious Theologian's apprehension. However, it seems to me that if such a statement were true, there would be an inherent contradiction in God Himself, and hence He would not exist. The essential and fundamental understanding of God revealed to the Mystic cannot contradict that very same Truth which the Theologian finds through other modes. Additionally, there seems to be no logical contradiction in one being both a Mystic and a Theologian.