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The Gist of Swedenborg eBook

Emanuel Swedenborg

Table of Contents
Section	Page

Start of eBook	1
FOREWORD	1
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE	1
THE GIST OF SWEDENBORG	2
ONE AND INFINITE	3
THE CHRIST-GOD	3
GOD-MAN	3
WHY HE CAME	4
HOW HE CAME	4
THE LIFE ON EARTH	4
THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE	5
THE TRINITY; THE FULNESS OF HIS BEING	5
MAN	5
AN INSTRUMENT OF LIFE	6
TWO MINDS: TWO WORLDS	6
INALIENABLE POWERS	6
THE DRAG OF HEREDITY	7
LOVES OF SELF AND THE WORLD	7
THE NEED FOR SELF-ACTION	7
THE WARFARE OF REGENERATION	7
REPENTANCE AND THE REMISSION OF SINS	8
TEMPTATION AND PRAYER	8
THE GREAT ARENA	9
A NEW MAN	9
CHILDHOOD	9
PRAYER	10
THE SERVICE OF WORSHIP	10
THE SACRAMENTS	10
I. BAPTISM	11
II. THE HOLY SUPPER	11
THE RESPONSIBLE LIFE IN THE WORLD	11
THE DECALOGUE	12
MARRIAGE	12
THE PROGRESSIVE CHASTITY OF MARRIAGE	13
THE HEIGHT OF SERVICE	13
ITS WHOLE ESTATE	13
THE SACRED SCRIPTURES	13
IN ITS BOSOM SPIRITUAL	14
THE LETTER OF THE WORD	14
ITS LANGUAGE	14
ITS FUNCTION	15
HOW TO USE IT	15
ITS DISSEMINATION OF LIGHT	16
A CANON ON A NEW PRINCIPLE	16
THE LIFE OF CHARITY AND FAITH	16
GOOD IN ITS WHOLENESS	16
THE MAN OF CHARITY	17
THE ACTIVITY OF CHARITY	17
FAITH THE PARTNER OF CHARITY	17
THE PATRIOTISM OF CHARITY	17
FAITH AND DOUBT	18
THE FAITH OF THE FAITHFUL	18
NEIGHBORS	18
DIVERSIONS	18
THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE	19
THE LAWFUL ORDER OF PROVIDENCE	19
A WORLD-WIDE LEADING	19
THE DIVINE PERSEVERANCE	20
IN THE STREAM OF PROVIDENCE	20
CARE FOR THE MORROW	20
THE SUFFERANCE OF EVIL	20
DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION	21
FROM WORLD TO WORLD	21
UNHURT BY DEATH	21
THE WORLD OF SPIRITS	22
THE WAY OF ONE’S OWN LOVE	22
THE FIRST THREE STATES AFTER DEATH	23
REVELATION OF THE INNER LIFE	23
INSTRUCTED FOR HEAVEN	24
HEAVEN	24
AN ACTUAL WORLD	25
A WORLD OF ACTION	25
OUR CHILDREN IN HEAVEN	25
TOWARD THE MORNING OF LIFE	26
HELL	27
EVIL AND PUNISHMENT	27
GOD WILLS THE DAMNATION OF NONE	27
MASTER PASSIONS OF HELL	27
COMMUNICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL WORLD	28
WHOLESOME AND UNWHOLESOME COMMUNICATION	29
AN UNBROKEN ASSOCIATION	30
THE CHURCH	30
A SUCCESSION OF CHURCHES	31
EARLY CHRISTIANITY AND ITS DECLINE	31
THE LORD’S SECOND COMING: WHEN? HOW?	31
A NEW CHURCH	32
THE ULTIMATE GOAL	32
MEMORABLE SAYINGS	32

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