| The
New Faith |
Summary of
the faith of the new heaven and of the new church |
1, 2,
3, |
| I
God the Creator |
God the creator |
4, |
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The unity
of God |
5, 6,
7, 8,
9, 10,
11, 12,
13, 14,
15, 16,
17, |
|
The Divine
Esse, which is Jehovah |
18, 19,
20, 21,
22, 23,
24, 25,
26, |
|
The Infinite
of God or his immensity and eternity |
27, 28,
29, 30,
31, 32,
33, 34,
35, |
|
The Divine
Essence, which is Divine Love and Divine Wisdom |
36, 37,
38, 39,
40, 41,
42, 43,
44, 45,
46, 47,
48, |
|
The Omnipotence,
Omniscience, and Omnipresence of God |
49, 50,
51, 52,
53, 54,
55, 56,
57, 58,
59, 60,
61, 62,
63, 64,
65, 66,
67, 68,
69, 70,
71, 72,
73, 74, |
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The creation
of the universe |
75, 76,
77, 78,
79, 80, |
| II
The Lord the Redeemer |
The Lord
the redeemer |
81, 82,
83, 84,
85, 86,
87, 88,
89, 90,
91, 92,
93, 94,
95, 96,
97, 98,
99, 100,
101, 102,
103, 104,
105, 106,
107, 108, |
|
A corollary |
109, 110,
111, 112,
113, |
|
Redemption |
114, 115,
116, 117,
118, 119,
120, 121,
122, 123,
124, 125,
126, 127,
128, 129,
130, 131,
132, 133,
134, 135,
136, 137, |
| III
The Holy Spirit and the Divine Operation |
The Holy
Spirit and the Divine operation |
138, 139,
140, 141,
142, 143,
144, 145,
146, 147,
148, 149,
150, 151,
152, 153,
154, 155,
156, 157, |
|
Corollary |
158, 159,
160, 161,
162, |
|
The Divine
trinity |
163, 164,
165, 166,
167, 168,
169, 170,
171, 172,
173, 174,
175, 176,
177, 178,
179, 180,
181, 182,
183, 184,
185, 186,
187, 188, |
| IV
The Sacred Scripture or Word of the Lord |
I. The
sacred scripture or the Word is Divine truth itself |
189, 190,
191, 192, |
|
II. In
the Word there is a spiritual sense hitherto unknown |
193, 194,
195, 196,
197, 198,
199, 200,
201, 202,
203, 204,
205, 206,
207, 208,
209, |
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III. The
sense of the letter of the Word is the basis, the containant, and the support
of its spiritual and celestial sense |
210, 211,
212, 213, |
|
IV. In
the sense of the letter of the Word Divine truth is in its fulness, its
holiness, and its power |
214, 215,
216, 217,
218, 219,
220, 221,
222, 223,
224, |
|
V. The
doctrine of the church should be drawn from the sense of the letter of
the Word, and confirmed thereby |
225, 226,
227, 228,
229, 230,
231, 232,
233, |
|
VI. By
means of the sense of the letter of the Word there is conjunction with
the Lord and affiliation with the angels |
234, 235,
236, 237,
238, 239, |
|
VII. The
Word is in all the heavens and angelic wisdom is from it |
240, 241,
242, |
|
VIII.
The church is from the Word, and with man it is such as his understanding
of the Word is |
243, 244,
245, 246,
247, |
|
IX. In
every particular of the Word there is a marriage of the Lord and the church,
and in consequence a marriage of good and truth |
248, 249,
250, 251,
252, 253, |
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X. Heresies
may be drawn from the sense of the letter of the Word but to confirm them
is hurtful |
254, 255,
256, 257,
258, 259,
260, |
|
XI. The
Lord when in the world fulfilled all things of the Word, and thereby became
the Word, that is, a Divine truth, even in things last |
261, 262,
263, |
|
XII. Before
the Word that is now in the world, there was a Word that was lost |
264, 265,
266, |
|
XIII.
Through the Word there is light also to those who are outside of the church
and do not possess the Word |
267, 268,
269, 270,
271, 272, |
|
XIV. If
there were no Word there would be no knowledge of God, of heaven and hell,
or of a life after death, still less of the Lord |
273, 274,
275, 276,
277, 278,
279, 280,
281, |
| V
The Catechism or Decalogue explained |
The catechism
or decalogue explained in its external and its internal sense |
282, |
|
In the
israelitish church the decalogue was holiness itself |
283, 284,
285, 286, |
|
In the
sense of the letter the decalogue contains the general precepts of doctrine
and life, but in the spiritual and celestial senses it contains all precepts
universally |
287, 288,
289, 290, |
|
The first
commandment |
291, 292,
293, 294,
295, 296, |
|
The second
commandment |
297, 298,
299, 300, |
|
The third
commandment |
301, 302,
303, 304, |
|
The fourth
commandment |
305, 306,
307, 308, |
|
The fifth
commandment |
309, 310,
311, 312, |
|
The sixth
commandment |
313, 314,
315, 316, |
|
The seventh
commandment |
317, 318,
319, 320, |
|
The eighth
commandment |
321, 322,
323, 324, |
|
The ninth
and tenth commandments |
325, 326,
327, 328, |
|
The ten
commandments of the decalogue contain all things that belong to love to
God, and all things that belong to love to God, and all things that belong
to love toward the neighbor |
329, 330,
331, 332,
333, 334,
335, |
| VI
Faith |
Faith |
336, |
|
I. Saving
faith is faith in the Lord God the saviour, Jesus Christ |
337, 338,
339, |
|
II. The
sum of faith is that he who lives well and believes rightly is saved by
the Lord |
340, 341,
342, |
|
III. Man
acquires faith by going to the Lord, learning truths from the Word, and
living according to them |
343, 344,
345, 346,
347, 348, |
|
IV. An
abundance of truths cohering, as if in a bundle, exalts and perfects faith. |
349, 350,
351, 352,
353, 354, |
|
V. Faith
without charity is not faith, and charity without faith is not charity,
and neither has life except from the Lord |
355, 356,
357, 358,
359, 360,
361, |
|
VI. The
Lord, charity, and faith, make one, like life, will, and understanding
in man; and if they are divided, each perishes like a pearl reduced to
powder |
362, 363,
364, 365,
366, 367, |
|
VII. The
Lord is charity and faith in man, and man is charity and faith in the Lord |
368, 369,
370, 371,
372, |
|
VIII.
Charity and faith are together in good works |
373, 374,
375, 376,
377, |
|
IX. There
is a true faith, a spurious faith and a hypocritical faith |
378, 379,
380, 381, |
|
X. With
the evil there is no faith |
382, 383,
384, 385,
386, 387,
388, 389,
390, 391, |
| VII
Charity, or Love to the Neighbor, and Good Works |
Charity,
or love to the neighbor, and good works |
392, 393, |
|
I. There
are three universal loves-the love of heaven, the love of the world, and
the love of self |
394, 395,
396, 397,
398, 399,
400, 401,
402, |
|
II. These
three loves, when rightly subordinated, perfect man, but when not rightly
subordinated, they pervert and invert him |
403, 404,
405, |
|
III. Every
man individually is the neighbor who is to be loved, but according to the
quality of his good |
406, 407,
408, 409,
410, 411, |
|
IV. The
collective man, that is, a community smaller or greater, and the composite
man formed of communities, that is, one's country, is the neighbor that
is to be loved |
412, 413,
414, |
|
V. The
church is the neighbor who is to be loved in a still higher degree, and
the Lord's kingdom in the highest degree |
415, 416, |
|
VI. To
love the neighbor, viewed in itself, is not to love the person, but the
good that is in the person |
417, 418,
419, |
|
VII. Charity
and good works are two distinct things, like willing well and doing well |
420, 421, |
|
VIII.
Charity itself is acting justly and faithfully in the office, business,
and employment in which a man is engaged, and with those with whom he has
any dealings |
422, 423,
424, |
|
IX. The
benefactions of charity are giving to the poor and relieving the needy,
but with prudence |
425, 426,
427, 428, |
|
X. There
are duties of charity, some public, some domestic, and some private |
429, 430,
431, 432, |
|
XI. The
diversions of charity are dinners, suppers, and social gatherings |
433, 434, |
|
XII. The
first thing of charity is to put away evils; and the second is to do goods
that are of use to the neighbor |
435, 436,
437, 438, |
|
XIII.
In the exercises of charity man does not place merit in works so long as
he believes that all good is from the Lord |
439, 440,
441, 442, |
|
XIV. When
moral life is at the same time spiritual, it is charity |
443, 444,
445, |
|
XV. A
friendship of love, contracted with a man without regard to his spiritual
quality, is detrimental after death |
446, 447,
448, 449, |
|
XVI. There
is spurious charity, hypocritical charity, and dead charity |
450, 451,
452, 453, |
|
XVII.
The friendship of love among the evil is intestine hatred of each other |
454, 455, |
|
XVIII.
The conjunction of love to God and love towards the neighbor |
456, 457,
458, 459,
460, 461,
462, |
| VIII
Freedom of Choice |
Freedom
of choice |
463, 464,
465, |
|
II. The
placing of two trees in the garden of eden, one of life, and the other
of the knowledge of good and evil, signifies that freedom of choice in
things spiritual has been given to man |
466, 467,
468, 469, |
|
III. Man
is not life, but a receptacle of life from God |
470, 471,
472, 473,
474, |
|
IV. So
long as man lives in the world, he is kept midway between heaven and hell,
and is there in spiritual equilibrium, which is freedom of choice |
475, 476,
477, 478, |
|
V. It
is clearly manifest from that permission of evil in which every one's internal
man is that man has freedom of choice in spiritual things |
479, 480,
481, 482, |
|
VI. Without
freedom of choice in spiritual things the Word would be of no use, and
consequently the church would be nothing |
483, 484, |
|
VII. Without
freedom of choice in spiritual things, there would be nothing in man whereby
he could in turn conjoin himself with the Lord; consequently there would
be no imputation, but mere predestination, which is detestable |
485, 486,
487, 488, |
|
VIII.
If there were no freedom of choice in spiritual things, God would be the
cause of evil and thus there would be no imputation |
489, 490,
491, 492, |
|
IX. Everything
spiritual of the church that enters into man in freedom, and is received
with freedom, remains; but not the reverse |
493, 494,
495, 496, |
|
X. Man's
will and understanding are in this freedom of choice; nevertheless in both
worlds, the spiritual and the natural, the doing of evil is restrained
by laws; because otherwise society in both worlds would perish |
497, 498,
499, |
|
XI. If
men had not freedom of choice in spiritual things, all the inhabitants
of the world might in one day be led to believe in the Lord; but this cannot
be done, because that which is not received by man with freedom of choice
does not remain |
500, 501,
502, 503,
504, 505,
506, 507,
508, |
| IX
Repentance |
Repentance |
509, |
|
I. Repentance
is the first thing of the church in man |
510, 511, |
|
II. The
contrition, which at the present day is said to precede faith, and to be
followed by the consolation of the gospel, is not repentance |
512, 513,
514, 515, |
|
III. The
mere lip-confession that one is a sinner is not repentance |
516, 517,
518, 519, |
|
IV. Man
is born (with an inclination) to evils of every kind; and unless he to
some extent removes his evils by repentance, he remains in them; and he
who remains in evils, cannot be saved |
520, 521,
522, 523,
524, |
|
V. Recognition
of sin and the discovery of some sin in oneself, is the beginning of repentance |
525, 526,
527, |
|
VI. Actual
repentance is examining oneself, recognizing and acknowledging one's sins,
praying to the Lord, and beginning a new life |
528, 529,
530, 531, |
|
VII. True
repentance is examining, not only the actions of one's life, but also the
intentions of one's will |
532, 533,
534, |
|
VIII.
Those also repent who although they do not examine themselves, yet refrain
from evils because they are sins; and those who from religion do the work
of charity exercise such repentance |
535, 536,
537, |
|
IX. Confession
ought to be made before the Lord God the saviour, followed by supplication
for help and the power to resist evils |
538, 539,
540, 541,
542, 543,
544, 545,
546, 547,
548, 549,
550, 551,
552, 553,
554, 555,
556, 557,
558, 559,
560, |
|
X. Actual
repentance is easy for those who have now and then practised it, but it
is a very difficult task for those who have not |
561, 562,
563, |
|
XI. One
who has never repented or has never looked into and searched himself, finally
ceases to know what damning evil or saving good is |
564, 565,
566, 567,
568, 569,
570, |
| X
Reformation and Regeneration |
Reformation
and regeneration |
571, |
|
I. Unless
a man is born again, and, as it were, created anew, he cannot enter into
the kingdom of God |
572, 573,
574, 575, |
|
II. The
new birth or creation is effected by the Lord alone through charity and
faith as the two means, man co-operating |
576, 577,
578, |
|
III. Since
all have been redeemed, all may be regenerated, each according to his state |
579, 580,
581, 582, |
|
IV. Regeneration
is effected in a manner analogous to that in which man is conceived, carried
in the womb, born and educated |
583, 584,
585, 586, |
|
V. The
first act in the new birth is called reformation, which pertains to the
understanding, and the second is called regeneration, which pertains to
the will and therefrom to the understanding |
587, 588,
589, 590, |
|
VI. The
internal man must first be reformed, and by means of it the external; and
thus is man regenerated |
591, 592,
593, 594,
595, |
|
VII.
When this takes place a conflict arises between the internal and the external
man, and then the one that conquers rules over the other |
596, 597,
598, 599,
600, |
|
VIII.
The regenerated man has a new will and a new understanding |
601, 602,
603, 604,
605, 606, |
|
IX. A
regenerate man is in communion with angels of heaven and an unregenerate
one in communion with spirits of hell |
607, 608,
609, 610, |
|
X. So
far as man is regenerated sins are removed, and this removal is the forgiveness
of sins |
611, 612,
613, 614, |
|
XI. Without
freedom of choice in spiritual things regeneration is impossible |
615, 616,
617, |
|
XII.
Regeneration is impossible without truths, by which faith is formed and
with which charity conjoins itself |
618, 619,
620, 621,
622, 623,
624, 625, |
| XI
Imputation |
I. Imputation
and the faith of the present church (which is held to be the sole ground
of justification), make one |
626, 627, |
|
II. The
imputation that belongs to the faith of the present day is a double imputation.
an imputation of Christ's merit and an imputation of salvation thereby |
628, 629,
630, 631, |
|
III.
The faith imputative of the merit and righteousness of Christ the redeemer,
first arose from the decrees of the council of nice respecting three Divine
persons from eternity, which faith has been accepted by the whole Christian
world from that time to the present |
632, 633,
634, 635, |
|
IV. The
faith imputative of Christ's merit was unknown in the preceding apostolic
church, and is nowhere taught in the Word |
636, 637,
638, 639, |
|
V. Imputation
of Christ's merit and righteousness is impossible |
640, 641,
642, |
|
VI. There
is an imputation, but it is an imputation of good and evil, and at the
same time of faith |
643, 644,
645, 646, |
|
VII.
The faith and imputation of the new church can by no means exist together
with the faith and imputation of the former church; and if they are together,
such a collision and conflict result that everything pertaining to the
church in man perishes |
647, 648,
649, |
|
VIII.
The Lord imputes good to every man, but hell imputes evil to every man |
650, 651,
652, 653, |
|
IX. Faith,
with that to which it is conjoined, is what determines the verdict; if
a true faith is conjoined to good, the verdict is for eternal life; but
if faith is conjoined to evil, the verdict is for eternal death |
654, 655,
656, 657, |
|
X. Thought
is not imputed to anyone, but will only |
658, 659,
660, 661,
662, 663,
664, 665,
666, |
| XII
Baptism |
I. Without
a knowledge of the spiritual sense of the Word, no one can know what the
two sacraments, baptism and the holy supper, involve and effect |
667, 668,
669, |
|
II. The
washing that is called baptism means spiritual washing, which is purification
from evils and falsities, and thus regeneration |
670, 671,
672, 673, |
|
III.
Because circumcision of the foreskin represented circumcision of the heart,
in the place of circumcision baptism was instituted, in order that an internal
church might succeed the external, which in each and all things prefigured
the internal church |
674, 675,
676, |
|
IV. The
first use of baptism is introduction into the Christian church, and at
the same time insertion among Christians in the spiritual world |
677, 678,
679, 680, |
|
V. The
second use of baptism is, that the Christian may know and acknowledge the
Lord Jesus Christ, the redeemer and saviour, and follow him |
681, 682,
683, |
|
VI. The
third use of baptism, which is the final use, is that man may be regenerated |
684, 685,
686, 687, |
|
VII.
By the baptism of John a way was prepared, that Jehovah the Lord might
descend into the world and accomplish redemption |
688, 689,
690, 691,
692, 693,
694, 695,
696, 697, |
| XIII
The Holy Supper |
I. Without
some knowledge of the correspondences of natural with spiritual things,
it is impossible to know what the uses and benefits of the holy supper
are |
698, 699,
700, 701, |
|
II. With
a knowledge of correspondences what is meant by the Lord's flesh and blood
can be known, also that bread and wine have a like meaning, namely, that
the Lord's flesh and the bread mean the Divine good of his love, also all
good of charity: and the Lord's blood and the wine mean the Divine truth
of his wisdom, also all truth of faith; and eating means appropriation |
702, 703,
704, 705,
706, 707,
708, 709,
710, |
|
III.
When all this is understood anyone can comprehend that the holy supper
contains all things of the church and all things of heaven both in general
and in particular |
711, 712,
713, 714,
715, |
|
IV. In
the holy supper the Lord is wholly present with the whole of his redemption |
716, 717,
718, |
|
V. The
Lord is present and opens heaven to those who approach the holy supper
worthily, and is also present with those who approach unworthily, but to
them he does not open heaven; consequently, as baptism is introduction
into the church so is the holy supper introduction into heaven |
719, 720,
721, |
|
VI. Those
come to the holy supper worthily who have faith in the Lord and charity
toward the neighbor, that is, who are regenerate |
722, 723,
724, |
|
VII.
Those who come to the holy supper worthily are in the Lord and the Lord
is in them; consequently conjunction with the Lord is effected by the holy
supper |
725, 726,
727, |
|
VIII.
To those who come to the holy supper worthily it is like a signature and
seal that they are the sons of God |
728, 729,
730, 731,
732, 733,
734, 735,
736, 737,
738, 739,
740, 741,
742, 743,
744, 745,
746, 747,
748, 749,
750, 751,
752, |
| XIV
The Consummation of the Age |
I. The
consummation of the age is the last time of the church or its end |
753, 754,
755, 756, |
|
II. The
present is the last time of the Christian church, which was foretold and
described by the Lord in the gospels and in the apocalypse |
757, 758,
759, |
|
III.
This last time of the Christian church is the very night in which former
churches have come to an end |
760, 761,
762, 763, |
|
IV. This
night is followed by a morning which is the coming of the Lord |
764, 765,
766, 767, |
|
V. The
Lord's coming is not his coming to destroy the visible heaven and the habitable
earth, and to create a new heaven and a new earth, as many, from not understanding
the spiritual sense of the Word, have hitherto supposed |
768, 769,
770, 771, |
|
VI. This
coming of the Lord which is his second coming, is taking place in order
that the evil may be separated from the good, and that those who have believed
and do believe in him, may be saved, and that from them a new angelic heaven
and a new church on earth may be formed; and without this, no flesh could
be saved (Matt. 24:22) |
772, 773,
774, 775, |
|
VII.
This second coming of the Lord is not a coming in person, but in the Word,
which is from him, and is himself |
776, 777,
778, |
|
VIII.
This second coming of the Lord is effected by means of a man to whom the
Lord has manifested himself in person, and whom he has filled with his
spirit, that he may teach the doctrines of the new church from the Lord
by means of the Word |
779, 780, |
|
IX. This
is what is meant in the apocalypse by "the new heaven and the new earth,"
and "the new jerusalem" descending therefrom |
781, 782,
783, 784,
785, |
|
X. This
new church is the crown of all the churches that have hitherto existed
on the earth |
786, 787,
788, 789,
790, 791, |
| Supplement |
The spiritual
world |
792, 793,
794, 795, |
|
Luther,
Melancthon, and Calvin in the spiritual world |
796, 797,
798, 799, |
|
The dutch
in the spiritual world |
800, 801,
802, 803,
804, 805, |
|
The english
in the spiritual world |
806, 807,
808, 809,
810, 811,
812, |
|
The germans
in the spiritual world |
813, 814,
815, 816, |
|
The papists
in the spiritual world |
817, 818,
819, 820,
821, |
|
The popish
saints in the spiritual world |
822, 823,
824, 825,
826, 827, |
|
The mohammedans
in the spiritual world |
828, 829,
830, 831,
832, 833,
834, |
|
The africans
in the spiritual world; also something in regard to the gentiles |
835, 836,
837, 838,
839, 840, |
|
The jews
in the spiritual world |
841, 842,
843, 844,
845, 846,
847, 848,
849, 850,
851, |
|
A theorem
proposed by a certain duke, an elector in germany, who also enjoyed the
highest ecclesiastical dignity |
852, |
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