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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781517703321

Autore

Swedenborg Emanuel <1688-1772.>

Titolo

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]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Chester, Pa., : Swedenborg Foundation Press, c2011

ISBN

0-87785-615-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BeardMorgan

RoseJonathan S

ShotwellStuart <1953->

DoleGeorge F

CooperLisa Hyatt

Disciplina

230/.94

Soggetti

New Jerusalem Church - Doctrines

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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 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 DownAll 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 GoodwillA 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.