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According to the New Church, man is a form of truth and woman is a form of love; the two make one. Married love comes directly from heaven, and celibacy interferes with this. [96] Therefore, marriage is preferable to celibacy. [97] Marriage is considered a union of souls, and this can only exist between one man and one woman. [98]
"The Church is the congregation of saints, in which the Gospel is rightly taught and the Sacraments are rightly administered." –Augsburg Confession [8] Christian theologians such as Bostwick Hawley teach that church membership is commanded in scripture, grounding this in the fact that "apostolic letters are addressed to the Churches", "Apostolic salutations are to Churches", "Jesus Christ is ...
New Church Education is a philosophy of education developed and practiced by the General Church of the New Jerusalem, a denomination of The New Church (Swedenborgian).This philosophy is based on some of works of Emanuel Swedenborg, whose theological writings are considered by members of this church to be the revealed Word of God, equal in authority to the Old Testament and the New Testament.
The New Apostolic Church, like many other small organisations and societies, had to accept compromises with the Nazi regime to avoid being prohibited or persecuted and the New Apostolic Church was not prohibited, unlike a number of other religious communities or sects. The extent which Nazi views and attitudes were spread within the church, 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 ...
The church also operates an online church called Swedenborgian Community Online which provides weekly resources on its website and social media. [3] In 2003, the Swedenborgian Church of North America had about 1,800 members, almost identical to the membership it had in 1981 but rather less than the 5,440 it had in 1925.
New Church Day was first celebrated as an annual holiday in the Academy of the New Church and in the General Church of the New Jerusalem after the former was first organized on 19 June 1876. [13] [14] The holiday has been the occasion for religious services, pageants, banquets, picnics, and the exchange of June Nineteenth cards and gifts. [15] [16]
The central mission of the New Civilization Church was, "It is the deep of supply answering to the deep of need. It will remain because mankind can use it as sane, sensible, spiritual substance, with which he can pass his life into higher manifestation of health, wealth, love, service and worship.