Emanuel Swedenborg
Emanuel Swedenborg
Emanuel Swedenborg; born Emanuel Swedberg on 29 January 1688; died 29 March 1772) was a Swedish scientist, philosopher, theologian, revelator, and mystic. He is best known for his book on the afterlife, Heaven and Hell...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth29 January 1688
CountrySweden
office acting employment
Charity itself consists in acting justly and faithfully in whatever office, business and employment a person is engaged in.
blessing joy heaven
All in heaven take joy in sharing their delights and blessings with others.
evil doe persons
A person who knows all that is good and all that is true---as much as can be known---but does not resist evils, knows nothing.
punishment evil
He who is in evil, is also in the punishment of evil.
evil doe
So far any one shuns evils, so far as he does good.
spirit hell lord
The Lord casts no one down in Hell, but the spirit casts himself hither.
philosophy blindness delusion
The more one is absorbed in so-called philosophy, the greater one's delusion and blindness.
spiritual distance self
One's distance from Heaven is in proportion to the measure of one's self-love.
mean compassion suffering
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.
love spiritual angel
So far as the Angels are recipients of that spiritual heat and light they are loves and wisdoms, not loves and wisdoms for themselves, but from the Lord.
spiritual heaven soul
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.
love opportunity reality
To will and not to do when there is opportunity is in reality not to will; and to love what is good and not to do it, when it is possible, is in reality not to love it
spiritual men long
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.
christian angel light
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.