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Swedenborg himself remained a bachelor all his life, but that did not hinder him from writing voluminously on the subject. His work on Marriage Love (Conjugial Love [g] in older translations) (1768) was dedicated to this purpose. [118] A central question with regard to marriage is whether it stops at death or continues into heaven.
See Chapter on “Marriage in Heaven” in Heaven and Hell [30] and Swedenborg’s book on the topic, Marriage Love (Conjugial Love in older translations). [31] The spiritual conjunction of husband and wife that is the basis of true marriage in this world and the next is explained in Heaven and Hell # 366ff. and Marriage Love #156ff.
According to Swedenborg, marriage should be administered by a priest "because marriages, considered in themselves, are spiritual, and thence holy; for they descend from the heavenly marriage of good and truth, and things conjugial correspond to the divine marriage of the Lord and the church; and hence they are from the Lord himself." [94]
Emanuel Swedenborg coined the term "conjugial" (rather than the more usual adjective in reference to marital union, "conjugal" [70] [71]) to describe the special love experienced by married partners. [ 72 ] [ 71 ] When a husband and wife work together to build their marriage on earth, that marriage continues after the deaths of their bodies and ...
Bryn Athyn Cathedral. The General Church of the New Jerusalem (also referred to as the General Church, the General Convention of New Jerusalem, [3] or just simply the New Church) is an international church based in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, and based on the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the theological works of Emanuel Swedenborg (often called the Writings for the New Church or just ...
Warmth corresponds to love because love warms the mind as heat does the body. [7] Swedenborg says that the Word ( Bible ) was written by God entirely according to correspondences so that within its natural laws and histories every detail describes the spiritual realities relating to God and man, these being the true subject of the Word.
Cross of the Swedenborgian Church. The Swedenborgian Church in North America (also known as the General Convention of the Church of the New Jerusalem) is one of a few New Church Christian sects which draws its faith from the Bible as illuminated by the teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772).
The most notable exception is Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) who published some 30 mystical 30 works, such as Heaven and its Wonders and Hell From Things Heard and Seen (1758). Swedenborg almost exclusively wrote in Latin, but his work did have a significant influence on others for centuries to come.