The Swedenborg Library; Freedom, Rationality, and Catholicity
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781154143645
Paperback|9781154143645
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 edition. Excerpt: ... THE NEW CHURCH SIGNIFIED BY THE APOCALYPTIC NEW JERUSALEM. HERE have been several churches on this earth, and in the course of time they have all been consummated; and after their consummation new churches have arisen; and so on up to the present time. CONSUMMATION OF THE CHURCH. The consummation of the church takes place when there remains no Divine truth except what is falsified or rejected; and when there is no genuine truth, genuine good is impossible, since all the quality of good is formed by means of truths; for good is the essence of truth, and truth is the form of good. Good and truth can no more be separated than will and understanding. Consequently when truth is consummated in the church, good is also consummated there; and when this is done, the church comes to an end, that is, it is consummated. The church is consummated by various means, especially by such things as cause the false to appear as the true. And when falsity appears to be truth, then the good that is essentially good and is called spiritual good, no longer exists. The good that is then believed to be good is merely natural good which moral life produces. The principal causes of the consummation of truth together with good, are the two natural loves, called self-love and the love of the world, that are diametrically opposed to the two spiritual loves, which are the love of God and love of the neighbor. The love of self is to wish well to ones self alone, and not to others except for the sake of self; and the love of the world is similar; and these loves when once established, spread through the body like gangrene, and gradually destroy the whole of it. That such love has invaded the churches is manifest from Babylon and the description of it in Gen. xi. 1-9;...
| ISBN-13 | 9781154143645 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1154143643 |
| Weight | 0.38 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.26 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 108 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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