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Doc. 245.] 287
EKEBOM AGAINST SWEDENBORG.
ments found utterance in the following document from the pen
of Dr. Ekebom, Dean of Gottenburg:
1 B.
DR. EKEBOM’S CHARGES AGAINST SWEDENBORG.*
"On the question, whether the published theological writ
ings of the well-born Assessor Swedenborg are to be regarded
as orthodox or heretical, and in what light they ought to be
looked upon and judged by the clergy of our diocese, I sub
mit with due deference to the favourable consideration of the
Bishop and of the Venerable Consistory the following remarks :
"First, To the person of Assessor Swedenborg I leave all
the honour and esteem to which he may lay claim on account
of his advanced age, his rank, his merits, and his insight into
the various sciences. I do not judge either him or any one
else. The Lord is He who knows and judges both him and me.
Secondly, I am not acquainted with the religious system of
Assessor Swedenborg, nor shall I take any trouble to become
acquainted with it. I am told that this knowledge may be
chiefly acquired by studying his published writings on ’the
New Jerusalem,’ on ’Charity and Faith,’ on ’the Lord,’ &c.,
none of which works I have possessed, read, or seen.
"Thirdly, Nevertheless, in thinking of the conversations
which Assessor Swedenborg had in this place, at various times,
with myself and others, and in comparing them with his so
called Apocalypsis Revelata, of which he was kind enough to
send me a copy from Amsterdam,† I must confess that his
doctrines appear to me corrupting, heretical, injurious, and in
the highest degree objectionable.‡
"In proof of this I will confine myself to stating the
following points :
* See "Handlingar," &c., pp. 7 to 11.
See Document 223.
Read in this connection what the Rev. T. Hartley says in Document
258, no. 18.
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