'True Christian Religion' Reading Group
Run by Erik
Twice a Month - Tuesday 11:00 - 12:00
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We gather to explore Swedenborg's work, "True Christian Religion" via Zoom. True Christian Religion summaries New Church theology. All are welcome.
The last book to be published by Swedenborg, The True Christian Religion is his theological summa, and his treatment of the main tenets of theology: the Trinity, the Bible, the Ten Commandments, faith, charity, free will, repentance, baptism, and the Eucharist. The work seems to be addressed to a primarily Lutheran audience, for it was, in part, written as a refutation of the accusation of heresy levelled at Swedenborg’s writings by the Gothenburg Consistory in 1769. (At this time Sweden was a Lutheran country with strict censorship legislation, which was why Swedenborg published his works in Britain and Holland). Swedenborg wanted to use approved Lutheran authorities to demonstrate that his teaching was not only not heretical, but was in fact ‘True Christianity’. In The True Christian Religion, Swedenborg was not just presenting a summary of his theology, but a proposal to rethink and recast the traditional doctrine of Lutheranism and all Christian Churches. (Summary Taken from https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/product/the-true-christian-religion/)
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'On the Divine Love' Reading Group
Run by Grant
Twice a Month - Tuesday 19:30 - 20:30
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Present reading is from Swedenborg's On the Divine Love. On the Divine Love is the first book in a pair scripted by Swedenborg. The companion that follows is On the Divine Wisdom. These books lead us to see how love works in our mind and life, and how God shares both love and wisdom with us to bring blessing to our lives. Participants read on their own ahead of time, but we read again in class, sharing our engagement and delight in what comes to light. All welcome to join
These two works, published here together, were drafts for material that would become Divine Love and Wisdom. Swedenborg addresses the philosophical question of what is man’s function and purpose, bringing in knowledge from his previous career as a scientist and student of anatomy. (Summary taken from https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/product/on-the-divine-love-on-the-divine-wisdom/)
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'Arcana Coelestia' Reading Group
Run by Grant
Twice a Month - Wednesday 14:00 - 15:00
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Present reading is from Swedenborg's Arcana Coelestia, Volume 10, the Exodus series.
Arcana Caelestia is Swedenborg’s most comprehensive biblical exegesis, containing a clause by clause account of the spiritual sense of the whole of Genesis and Exodus. Numerous passages are cited from all parts of Scripture in confirmation, and their spiritual meaning is described and discussed.
In addition to Swedenborg’s biblical commentary Arcana Caelestia also contains descriptions of what Swedenborg heard and saw in the spiritual world. These form a continuous series in themselves and serve as a basis for several of his later works. These themes include Swedenborg’s experiences of heaven and hell, his descriptions of inhabitants on other planets and the science of correspondences.
(Summary taken from - https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/product/arcana-caelestia/)
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Bible Study
Run by Erik
Once a Month - Tuesday 19:00 - 20:00
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We gather to explore the Bible via Zoom. We are currently reading Genesis. All are welcome.
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