The True Christian Religion (Volume 3); Containing the Universal Theology of the New Church Foretold by the Lord in Daniel VII. 13, 14 and in Revelation XXI. 1, 2 (Paperback)

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1906. Excerpt: ... inch things as are opposite to them should not be done, is, that as far as man shuns evils as sins, he wills the goods which are of love and charity, 457* 45.8, Eight commandments pre- sented m a manner to show that as hell, that is, evil, is removed, heaven draws near, and man looks to good, 459. To do contrary to the commandments is not merely to act against men, but against God also, 624. Communication. By the reading of the Word is the sense of its letter, commu- nication is made with the heavens, 365, J85, 398. i Man communicates with spir- its by his interiors, but with men by his exteriors. By that communication man perceive(c) things, and thinks of them analytically, 6 DEGREES3- Reciprocal commu- nication of affections, 883. Before the Lord's Advent hell had grown up so far as to infest the angels of heaven, and also (by interposing between heaven and the world), to cut off the Lord's communication with men on earth, 785. Communion. What it is to be m the communion of saints on earth, and in the communion of angels in heaven, 24, 493. The church throughout the whole world is called the communion of saints, 600. A regenerate man is in commun- ion with angels of heaven, and an unre- generate man in communion with spirits of hell, 8i i, 8i2, 8i3. Comparisons. The following subjects, ar- ranged alphabetically, are illustrated by comparisons: -- Baptism as regenera- tion, 9is; baptism without its uses and fruits, 902; the first use of baptism, 909. Beneficent acts when imprudent, 609. Conversion of the Roman Catholics in the spiritual world, i082. Charitv and faith are only mental and perishable unless determmed to works, 53i, 532; spurious charity, 628; hypocritical, 629; dead, 630; none at all, 630. The four churches which have existed on earth, i023; the apostolic church, 854; the.