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Tag Archives: rational
Being Led Spiritually or Naturally
Selection from Divine Providence ~ Emanuel Swedenborg It is a law of the divine providence that man should be led and taught by the Lord from heaven by means of the Word and by means of doctrine and preachings from … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Church, Emanuel Swedenborg, New Church, Religion, Spirituality
Tagged atheists, divine providence, doctrine, idolaters, nature, preaching, rational
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Casting Out the Handmaid and Her Son
Selection from Arcana Coelestia ~ Emanuel Swedenborg THE MERELY HUMAN RATIONAL SHOULD BE BANISHED Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Church, Emanuel Swedenborg, New Church, Religion, Salavation, Spiritual Growth
Tagged civil life, compulsion, freedom, handmaid, kingdom of heaven, moral life, rational
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Making the Human Divine
Selection from Arcana Coelestia ~ Emanuel Swedenborg THE STATE OF GLORIFICATION OF THE RATIONAL The rational was glorified when it was made Divine in respect to both — good and truth. That the Lord as to the human was made … Continue reading
Posted in Advent, Christian, Church, Divine Human, Emanuel Swedenborg, Lord, New Church, Religion, Spirituality, Trinity
Tagged celestial, freedom, glorification, glorified, my beloved son, rational, reform, regenerate, spiritual
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Enlightenment from the Lord
Selection from Divine Providence ~ Emanuel Swedenborg As few know anything about the enlightenment that the understanding of a man who is taught by the Lord is in, something shall be said about it. There is an interior and an … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Church, Emanuel Swedenborg, New Church, Spirituality
Tagged delusive light, enlightenment, exterior, interior, perception, rational, thought
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What Wisdom is in Its Origin, Progress and Its Full State
Selection from Conjugial Love ~ Emanuel Swedenborg WHAT WISDOM IS — IT MAKES ONE WITH THE CHURCH With man there is knowledge, intelligence, and wisdom. • Knowledge pertains to cognitions • Intelligence to reason • Wisdom to life. Considered in … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Church, Emanuel Swedenborg, Marriage, New Church, Spirituality
Tagged civil, conjugial love, moral, philosophers, rational, sophi, spiritual, Wisdom
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A Civil and Moral Life — A Receptacle of Spiritual Life
Selection from Divine Providence ~ Emanuel Swedenborg Everything that a man has adopted by persuasion and confirmation remains in him as his own. Many believe that no truth can be seen by man except when it has been confirmed; but … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Church, Emanuel Swedenborg, mind, New Church, Religion, Spirituality
Tagged civil, moral, rational, spiritual
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