True Christian Religion by Emanuel Swedenborg tr from the Original Latin by John C Ager v1 (2009).pdf

True

Christian

Religion

Containing

the universal theology of the new church

foretold by the Lord in Daniel 7:13–14

and Revelation 21:1–2

EMANUEL SWEDENBORG

Volume 1

(Numbers 1–462)

Translated from the Original Latin by

John C. Ager

S TANDARD E DITION

SWEDENBORG FOUNDATION

West Chester, Pennsylvania

This version was compiled from electronic files of the

Standard Edition of the Works of Emanuel Swedenborg as

further edited by William Ross Woofenden. Pagination of

this PDF document does not match that of the

corresponding printed volumes, and any page references

within this text may not be accurate. However, most if not

all of the numerical references herein are not to page

numbers but to Swedenborg’s section numbers, which are

not affected by changes in pagination. If this work appears

both separately and as part of a larger volume file, its

pagination follows that of the larger volume in both cases.

This version has not been proofed against the original, and

occasional errors in conversion may remain. To purchase the

full set of the Redesigned Standard Edition of Emanuel

Swedenborg’s works, or the available volumes of the latest

translation (the New Century Edition of the Works of

Emanuel Swedenborg), contact the Swedenborg Foundation

at 1-800-355-3222, www.swedenborg.com , or 320 North

Church Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380.

Contents

Editor’s Preface

The faith of the new heaven and of the new church (1–3)

God the Creator (4–80)

The unity of God (5–17)

The Divine esse, which is Jehovah (18-26)

The infinity of God or his immensity and eternity (27–35)

The Divine essence, which is Divine love and Divine

wisdom (36–48)

The omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence of God

(49–74)

The creation of the universe (75–80)

The Lord the Redeemer (81–137)

A corollary (109–113)

Redemption (114–137)

The Holy Spirit and Divine operation (138–188)

A corollary (158–162)

The Divine trinity (163–188)

The Sacred Scripture or Word of the Lord (189–282)

1. The Sacred Scripture or the Word is Divine truth itself

(189–192)

2. In the Word there is a spiritual sense hitherto unknown

(193–209)

3. The sense of the letter of the Word is the basis,

container, and support of its spiritual and celestial

sense (210–213)

4. In the sense of the letter of the Word, Divine truth is in

its fullness, its holiness, and its power (214–224)

5. The doctrine of the church should be drawn from the

sense of the letter of the Word, and confirmed thereby

(225–233)

6. By means of the sense of the letter of the Word, there is

conjunction with the Lord and affiliation with the

angels (234–239)

7. The Word is in all the heavens and angelic wisdom is

from it (240–242)

8. The church is from the Word, and with man it is such

as his understanding of the Word is (243–247)

9. In every particular of the Word there is a marriage of the

Lord and the church, and in consequence a marriage

of good and truth (248–253)

10. Heresies may be drawn from the sense of the letter of

the Word, but to confirm them is hurtful (254–260)

11. The Lord when in the world fulfilled all things of the

Word, and thereby became the Word, that is, a Divine

truth even in things last (261–263)

12. Before the Word that is now in the world there was a

Word that was lost (264–266)

13. That through the Word there is light also to those who

are outside of the church and do not possess the Word

(267–272).

14. If there were no Word there would be no knowledge of

God, of heaven and hell, or of a life after death, still

less of the Lord (273–281)

The catechism or Decalogue explained in its external and its

internal sense (282–335)

In the Israelitish church the Decalogue was holiness itself

(283–286)

In the sense of the letter the Decalogue contains the

general precepts of doctrine and life, but in the

spiritual and celestial senses it contains all precepts

universally (287–290)

The first commandment: “There shall be [with thee] no

other god in my presence” (291–296)

The second commandment: “Thou shalt not take the

name of Jehovah thy God in vain; for Jehovah will not

hold him guiltless that hath taken His name in vain”

(297–300)

The third commandment: “Remember the Sabbath day to

keep it holy; six days shalt thou labor and do all thy

work; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of Jehovah

thy God” (301–304)

The fourth commandment: “Honor thy father and thy

mother; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it

may be well with thee upon the earth” (303–308)

The fifth commandment: “Thou shalt not kill” (309–312)

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