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Emanuel Swedenborg Quotes - Page 5

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A heavenly society is a harmony of many.

A heavenly society is a harmony of many.

Emanuel Swedenborg
Harmony, Heavenly

For the spiritual sense of the Word treats everywhere of the spiritual world, that is, of the state of the church in the heavens, as well as in the earth; hence the Word is spiritual and Divine.

Emanuel Swedenborg
Spiritual, Heaven, Soul
Emanuel Swedenborg (2013). “My Essential Doctrines (Annotated Edition)”, p.185, Jazzybee Verlag

Charity means love towards the neighbor and compassion, for anyone who loves his neighbor as himself also has as much compassion for him in his suffering as he does for himself in his own.

Emanuel Swedenborg
Love, Mean, Compassion

And as the divine that goes forth from the Lord is the good of love and the truth of faith, the angels are angels and are heaven in the measure in which they receive good and truth from the Lord.

Emanuel Swedenborg
Faith, Angel, Heaven
Emanuel Swedenborg (2013). “Heaven and Hell”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

That all who have ever been born men from the beginning of creation, and are deceased, are either in heaven or in hell, follows from those things which have been said and shown in the preceding article, namely, that Heaven and Hell are from the human race.

Emanuel Swedenborg
Men, Race, Heaven
Emanuel Swedenborg (2012). “Last Judgment: Are We Living in the End of Days?”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

To have dominion by religion, is to have dominion over men's souls, thus over their very spiritual life, and to use the Divine things, which are in their religion, as the means

Emanuel Swedenborg
Spiritual, Mean, Men
Emanuel Swedenborg (2016). “The Teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg: Vol III: Last Judgment; Last Judgment Continued; Last Judgment Posthumous”, p.67, Simon and Schuster

This Divine truth flows into heaven from the Lord from His Divine love

Emanuel Swedenborg
Heaven, Flow, Lord
Emanuel Swedenborg (1758). “Heaven and Hell: Also the World of Spirits Or Intermediate State from Things Heard and Seen by Emanuel Swedenborg”, p.15

Destruction was effected after visitation, for visitation always precedes.

Emanuel Swedenborg
Destruction, Visitation
Emanuel Swedenborg (1857). “Miscellaneous Theological Works of Emanuel Swedenborg”, p.476

In heaven there are two distinct loves, love to the Lord and love towards the neighbor, in the inmost or third heaven love to the Lord, in the second or middle heaven love towards the neighbor.

Emanuel Swedenborg
Two, Heaven, And Love
Emanuel Swedenborg (2016). “The Teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg: Vol I: Heaven and Hell; Divine Love and Wisdom; Divine Providence”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

In the Christian world... it is believed that angels were created at the beginning, and that heaven was formed of them; and that the Devil or Satan was an angel of light, who, becoming rebellions, was cast down with his crew, and that this was the origin of hell.

Emanuel Swedenborg
Christian, Angel, Light
Emanuel Swedenborg (2012). “Last Judgment: Are We Living in the End of Days?”, p.10, Simon and Schuster

Moreover, no one is judged from the natural man, thus not so long as he lives in the natural world, for man is then in a natural body; but everyone is judged in the spiritual man, and therefore when he comes into the spiritual world, for man is then in a spiritual body.

Emanuel Swedenborg
Spiritual, Men, Long

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