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Spiritual Life and the Word of God. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Emanuel Swedenborg - Anna Ruggieri, 2017 -
What is the essence of spiritual life? Spiritual life is a simple spiritual Christianity at the core of the teachings in the revelations of Emanuel Swedenborg, from extracts of his larger work Apocalypse Explained. It is annotated with references to his other works. This work sums up the majority of the core of the teachings of Swedenborg's many theological works that is easy for anyone to understand, follow, and apply to one's life. It is a simple life of following the commandments to become a spiritual being:"Spiritual life is acquired solely by a life according to the commandments in the Word.""Man's interior is purified only as he refrains from evils, in accordance with the commandments of the Decalogue.""Man is placed in the middle between heaven and hell. Out of heaven goods unceasingly flow in, and out of hell evils unceasingly flow in; and as man is between he has freedom to think what is good or to think what is evil. This freedom the Lord never takes away from anyone, for it belongs to his life, and is the means of his reformation.""There are two internals in man, one beneath and the other above. While man lives in the world he is in the internal which is beneath and from which he thinks, for it is natural. This may be called for the sake of distinction the interior. But the internal that is above is that into which man comes after death when he enters heaven."One is guided into the spiritual life from the Word:"That the Word is Divine truth itself, which gives wisdom to angels and enlightens men, can be perceived or seen only by a man enlightened. For to a worldly man, whose mind has not been raised above the sensual sphere, the Word in the sense of the letter appears so simple that scarcely anything could be more simple; and yet Divine truth, such as it is in the heavens and from which angels have their wisdom, lies concealed in it as in its sanctuary.""That the Word is holy and Divine from inmosts to outermosts is not evident to the man who leads himself, but is evident to the man whom the Lord leads. For the man who leads himself sees only the external of the Word, and forms his opinion of it from its style; but the man whom the Lord leads forms his opinion of the external of the Word from the holiness that is in it."
Spiritual Diary . E-book. Formato Mobipocket Emanuel Swedenborg - Emanuel Swedenborg, 2017 -
The Spiritual Diary of Emanuel Swedenborg is a work containing the private account of Emanuel Swedenborg’s spiritual experiences in heaven and hell, which he experienced in full waking visions over a 27 year period. The Diary contains a chronological account of what he saw and experienced, his dialogue with angelic beings, and discussions concerning the theology of true Christianity.
Spiritual life and the word of God. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Emanuel Swedenborg - Simone Vannini, 2015 -
Spiritual life is acquired solely by a life according to the commandments in the Word. These commandments are given in summary in the Decalogue, namely, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet the goods of others. These commandments are the commandments that are to be done, for when a man does these his works are good and his life is spiritual, and for the reason that so far as a man shuns evils and hates them so far he wills and loves goods.For there are two opposite spheres that surround man, one from hell, the other from heaven; from hell a sphere of evil and falsity therefrom, from heaven a sphere of good and of truth therefrom; and these spheres do not immediately affect the body, but they affect the minds of men, for they are spiritual spheres, and thus are affections that belong to the love. In the midst of these man is set; therefore so far as he approaches the one, so far he withdraws from the other. This is why so far as a man shuns evils and hates them, so far he wills and loves goods and the truths therefrom; for no one can at the same time serve two masters, for he will hate the one and will love the other. (Matt. vi. 24).