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Remarks on Several Common Errors Concerning the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg (Classic Reprint): Contained Principally in Two Pamphlets, Which Are Used for Opposing the New Jerusalem - Couverture souple

Worcester, Samuel

 
9781333394059: Remarks on Several Common Errors Concerning the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg (Classic Reprint): Contained Principally in Two Pamphlets, Which Are Used for Opposing the New Jerusalem

Synopsis

Explore a careful critique of pamphlet wars around Swedenborg and a call for honest religious publishing.

This nonfiction work examines how authors and publishers have presented religious ideas and how transparency can shape public debate. It frames the controversy around the New Church with a focus on responsibility, accuracy, and open sharing of sources.

  • Understand the history of pamphlet culture in early 19th-century religious debates
  • See how claims are challenged and how authors defend their positions with supporting evidence
  • Learn why clear attribution and open publishing matter in controversial religious topics
  • Consider how prophetic and doctrinal discussions are interpreted for broader audiences
Ideal for readers of religious history, publishing ethics, and debates about how truth is communicated in faith communities.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

When he has perused these, he is furnished with other and larger portions of the same general nature, but disclosing somewhat more fully the nature of the system. It is not, however, until he is well initiated; until his mind, by frequently contemplating the less gross and ridiculous parts of the system, is prepared to look with composure at the rest; that its more absurd and disgusting features are exhibited. 2. This mode of endeavoring to disseminate the principles of Swedenborg, should we even admit them to be true, is unjustifiable ;and proves that those who are concerned in it have derived little benefit from his writings. If anything is pre-eminently necessary to the character of virtue, it is rectilinear integrity. To do evil that good may come, is a principle of action wholly abhorrent to the spirit of Christianity. St. Paul pronounces the condemnation of those persons to be just, who even reported that he and his brethren were governed by it. The author then states that, it is to counteract the mischievous effects of these unlawful measures, that the following pamphlet is published. The reader will here inquire who brings these accusations against the members of the New Church ;and whether the author, in thus opposing the New Church, has set an example of that rectilinear integrity which he so justly approves. It will be obvious to every one, that those w7ho bring accusations, and especially those of a personal character, against any class of men, should give their own names, and make themselves in all respects responsible for the truth of their statements. In the pamphlet before us, the name of the compiler, the publisher, the printer, and the place of publication, are all omitted. It is said to be the First American Edition ;and from the placing of this at the bottom of the title-page, the only fair inference is, that the whole pamphlet was first
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