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318 [Doc. 245.
TRIAL AT GOTTENBURG.
pressed himself in his memorial to the King, dated December
29, 1769, to this effect: On the one hand he said "It is
sometimes more prudent to leave erroneous and absurd doc
trinal views alone, since , as experience has shown, by such
an examination they become better known, and more widely
spread :" on the other hand he said, the duty of his office
required him not to disregard a matter of so great importance
for the whole country, as the Swedenborgian theology has
proved to be, from being able for a longer time to produce so
great a stir, as is shown by the printed Minutes. He, there
fore, in the above memorial proposed those measures which
were carried into effect by the following Royal Resolution,
dated January 2, 1770.
M.
ROYAL RESOLUTION.*
"Adolphus Frederic, by the grace of God, &c.
"Our especial favour and gracious pleasure,
under God Almighty , to the true men and subjects , the
Bishop and members of the Consistory.
"Our Chancellor of Justice in a humble memorial has
reported to us the stir which the theological writings of Emanuel
Swedenborg, and the so-called Swedenborgianism which thence
has taken its rise, have caused in the diocese which has gra
ciously been entrusted to your charge. We deem it necessary
to make known to you this same memorial, which is enclosed
to you herewith together with the sealed acts belonging thereto.
It is also our gracious will and order that as soon as possible
you report to us in a humble memorial, not only how you
have found the doctrinal views of the above-mentioned Sweden
borg, and in case they be deemed erroneous, what measures
have been taken to prevent them spreading, and likewise
why at the very beginning you did not make a humble report
to us on this subject ; also how you regard the so-called
’Sermon-Essays,’ which have been examined by yourselves in
your censorial capacity, and whether you have found them in
See "Handlingar," &c., p. 163.
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