The Gist of Swedenborg (Dodo Press) [Paperback]

Emanuel Swedenborg (Author), Julian K. Smyth (Editor), William F. Wunsch (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 16, 2006

Large Format for easy reading. Collection of quotations by the Swedish scientist, philosopher, chemist, anatomist and mystic who had a prolific career as an inventor and scientist before entering into a spiritual phase where he experienced first dreams, and later visions, of a spiritual world. His theories about some subjects, such as brain function and cosmology, were proposed many years ahead of those authored by the men generally credited with originating them.

Editorial Reviews

Review

-Emanuel Swedberg (1688^__1772) was a Swedish scientist, philosopher, Christian mystic, and theologian. Swedenborg had a prolific career as an inventor and scientist. At the age of fifty-six he entered into a spiritual phase in which he experienced dreams and visions. This culminated in a spiritual awakening, where he claimed he was appointed by the Lord to write a heavenly doctrine to reform Christianity. He claimed that the Lord had opened his eyes, so that from then on he could freely visit heaven and hell, and talk with angels, demons, and other spirits. For the remaining 28 years of his life, he wrote and published 18 theological works, of which the best known was Heaven and Hell (1758), and several unpublished theological works.

Swedenborg explicitly rejected the common explanation of the Trinity as a Trinity of Persons, which he said was not taught in the early Christian Church. Instead he explained in his theological writings how the Divine Trinity exists in One Person, in One God, the Lord Jesus Christ. Swedenborg also rejected the doctrine of salvation through faith alone, since he considered both faith and charity necessary for salvation, not one without the other. The purpose of faith, according to Swedenborg, is to lead a person to a life according to the truths of faith, which is charity.

Swedenborg's theological writings have elicited a range of responses. Toward the end of Swedenborg's life, small reading groups formed in England and Sweden to study the truth they saw in his teachings and several writers were influenced by him, including William Blake, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, August Strindberg, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Baudelaire, Balzac, William Butler Yeats, Sheridan Le Fanu, Jorge Luis Borges and Carl Jung. The theologian Henry James Sr. was also a follower of his teachings, as were Johnny Appleseed and Helen Keller.- (wiki)

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

About the Author

About the Author:

"Emanuel Swedenborg (born Emanuel Swedberg) was a Swedish scientist, philosopher, Christian mystic, and theologian. Swedenborg had a prolific career as an inventor and scientist. At the age of fifty-six he entered into a spiritual phase, in which he experienced dreams and visions. This culminated in a spiritual awakening, where he claimed he was appointed by the Lord to write a heavenly doctrine to reform Christianity. He claimed that the Lord had opened his eyes, so that from then on he could freely visit heaven and hell, and talk with angels, demons, and other spirits. For the remaining 28 years of his life, he wrote and published 18 theological works, of which the best known was Heaven and Hell (1758), and several unpublished theological works." (Quote from wikipedia.org) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Dodo Press (January 16, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1406503363
• ISBN-13: 978-1406503364
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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