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Swedenborg Emanuel <1688-1772.> |
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A Swedenborg sampler [[electronic resource] ] : selections from Heaven and hell, Divine love and wisdom, Divine providence, True Christianity, Secrets of heaven / / Emanuel Swedenborg ; translated by George F. Dole, Lisa Hyatt Cooper, & Jonathan S. Rose ; [edited by Morgan Beard, Jonathan S. Rose, and Stuart Shotwell] |
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West Chester, Pa., : Swedenborg Foundation Press, c2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (286 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BeardMorgan |
RoseJonathan S |
ShotwellStuart <1953-> |
DoleGeorge F |
CooperLisa Hyatt |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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New Jerusalem Church - Doctrines |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Heaven and Hell""; ""About Heaven and Hell""; ""What the World of Spirits Is""; ""Each of Us Is Inwardly a Spirit""; ""Our Revival from the Dead and Entry into Eternal Life""; ""After Death, We Are in a Complete Human Form""; ""After Death, We Enjoy Every Sense, Memory, Thought, and Affection We Had in the World: We Leave Nothing Behind except Our Earthly Body""; ""Our Nature after Death Depends on the Kind of Life We Led in the World""; ""After Death, the Pleasures of Everyone�s Life Are Turned into Things That Correspond""; ""Divine Love and Wisdom"" |
""About Divine Love and Wisdom""""[The Spiritual Sun]""; ""Divine Providence""; ""About Divine Providence""; ""Evils Are Permitted for a Purpose: Salvation""; ""Divine Providence Is for Evil People and Good People Alike""; ""True Christianity""; ""About True Christianity""; ""Goodwill (or Loving Our Neighbor) and Good Actions""; ""There Are Three Universal Categories of Love: Love for Heaven; Love for the |
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World; and Love for Ourselves""; ""When the Three Universal Categories of Love Are Prioritized in the Right Way They Improve Us |
When They Are Not Prioritized in the Right Way They Damage Us and Turn Us Upside Down""""All Individual Members of Humankind Are the Neighbor We Are to Love, but [in Different Ways] Depending on the Type of Goodness They Have""; ""The Neighbor We Are to Love Is Humankind on a Wider Scale in the Form of Smaller and Larger Communities and Humankind in the Aggregate as a Country of Such Communities""; ""On an Even Higher Level, the Neighbor We Are to Love Is the Church, and on the Highest Level, Our Neighbor Is the Lord�s Kingdom"" |
""Loving Our Neighbor Is Not in Fact Loving the Person but Loving the Goodness That Is inside the Person""""Goodwill and Good Actions Are Two Distinct Things: Wishing People Well and Treating Them Well""; ""Goodwill Itself Is Acting Justly and Faithfully in Our Position and Our Work and with the People with Whom We Interact""; ""Acts of Kindness Related to Goodwill Consist in Giving to the Poor and Helping the Needy, Although with Prudence""; ""The First Step toward Goodwill Is Removing Evils; the Second Step Is Doing Good Things That Are Useful to Our Neighbor"" |
""As Long as We Believe That Everything Good Comes from the Lord, We Do Not Take Credit for the Things We Do As We Practice Goodwill""""A Life of Goodwill Is a Moral Life That Is Also Spiritual""; ""Secrets of Heaven""; ""About Secrets of Heaven""; ""The Essential Nature of the Word""; ""Summary of Genesis 1""; ""The Inner Meaning of Genesis 1""; ""Content and Mode in the Word""; ""Appendix: Theological Works Published by Emanuel Swedenborg"" |
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