Sacred Scripture / White Horse

Sacred Scripture / White Horse

Sacred Scripture / White Horse

Sacred Scripture / White Horse

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Overview

Throughout his theological writings, Emanuel Swedenborg devotes more pages to discussing the inner, spiritual meaning of the Bible than to any other topic. In the two short works Sacred Scripture and White Horse, he provides the spiritual theory behind the verse-by-verse analysis found in his multivolume works Secrets of Heaven and Revelation Unveiled.
     In Sacred Scripture, Swedenborg explains how the inner meaning of the Bible relates to its outer (literal) meaning, and he cites numerous biblical passages to show how similar themes emerge again and again. He describes two distinct layers of inner meaning—the heavenly and the spiritual—and shows how an understanding of that inner meaning strengthens a person’s connection with Deity and with heaven.
     White Horse begins with a short summary of the spiritual meaning of the white horse described in Revelation 19:11. In form, what then follows is a series of statements about the inner meaning of the Bible with references to explanatory passages in Secrets of Heaven. However, when read in sequence, those statements are also a concise summary of Swedenborg’s theology of biblical interpretation.
     The perspective provided by these two short works allows the reader to see through the Bible’s clouds of baffling, obscure, and seemingly inconsistent details to the power and unity of divine love and wisdom within the text. Students or seekers interested in Swedenborg’s teachings about the interrelationship between the spiritual world and the physical one will find this volume a helpful guide. Sacred Scripture / White Horse is part of the New Century Edition of the Works of Emanuel Swedenborg (NCE), an ongoing translation series. The NCE series incorporates the latest scholarship and translation standards for a more accurate and accessible rendering of Swedenborg’s works.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780877854142
Publisher: Swedenborg Foundation Publishers
Publication date: 02/01/2015
Series: New Century Edition
Edition description: 1
Pages: 124
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range: 3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) was a Swedish scientist, nobleman, and theologian who spent his life investigating the mysteries of the soul. Born in Stockholm to a staunchly Lutheran family, he graduated from the University of Uppsala and then traveled to England, Holland, France, and Germany to study with the leading scientists of the time. Between 1743 and 1745, he began to have visions of heaven, hell, and Jesus Christ, which resulted in a stream of books about the nature of God, the afterlife, and the inner meaning of the Bible. He devoted the last decades of his life to studying Scripture and presenting his own unique theology to the world.

Table of Contents

Conventions Used in This Work vii

Sacred Scripture

1 §§1-4 / Sacred Scripture, or the Word, Is Divine Truth Itself 3

2 §§4-26 / There Is a Spiritual Meaning in the Word, Which Has Been Unknown until Now 6

3 §§27-36 / The Literal Meaning of the Word Is the Foundation, the Container, and the Support of Its Spiritual and Heavenly Meanings 27

4 §§37-49 / Divine Truth, in All Its Fullness, Holiness, and Power, Is Present in the Literal Meaning of the Word 32

5 §§50-61 / The Church's Body of Teaching Is to Be Drawn from the Literal Meaning of the Word and Is to Be Supported by It 41

6 §§62-69 I By Means of the Literal Meaning of the Word We Unite with the Lord and Form a Companionship with Angels 49

7 §§70-75 / The Word Is in All the Heavens and Is the Source of Angelic Wisdom 53

8 §§76-79 / The Existence of the Church Rests on the Word, and Its Quality Depends on the Quality of Its Understanding of the Word 55

9 §§80-90 / There Is a Marriage of the Lord and the Church in the Details of the Word and a Consequent Marriage of Goodness and Truth 59

10 §§91-97 / It Is Possible to Wrench Heretical Ideas from the Literal Meaning of the Word, but What Is Damning Is to Convince Ourselves [That They Are True] 68

11 §§98-100 / The Lord Came into the World to Fulfill Everything in the Word and So to Become Divine Truth or the Word Even on the Outermost Level 74

12 §§101-103 / Before the Word That We Have in the World Today, There Was a Word That Has Been Lost 76

13 §§104-113 / By Means of the Word, There Is Light Even for People "Who Are outside the Church and Do Not Have the Word 79

14 §§114-118 / If There Were No Word, No One Would Know about God, Heaven and Hell, Life after Death, and Least of All, about the Lord 83

White Horse

1 §§1-5 / The White Horse Described in Revelation 19 89

2 §§6-17 / The Word and Its Spiritual or Inner Meaning from Secrets of Heaven 95

Biographical Note 113

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