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Doc. 245.] 341
DR. BEYER’S DEFENCE.
doctrinal subjects, which are usually insisted upon in public
as being foremost in importance. As, however, I could not
find these doctrines immediately in my texts, and as I had
resolved to write nothing but what the sense of my texts
required, and what was contained therein, it was not by my
own choice that these subjects were left untouched.
"In the interleaved copy of the Excerpta Svedenborgianismi*
it is stated that the new essay for the twenty-sixth Sunday
after Trinity contradicts the doctrine of the resurrection of
the flesh ; yet that doctrine is not discussed there, and still
less denied, but the subject of the resurrection is there so
treated, that it does not interfere with the doctrine of the
particular last judgment which awaits every man; and each
and every one is left at liberty to think of his gross body of
clay as he pleases ; he may thus, if he choose, believe that
that body will again be united to the spirit, although this
certainly does not want it, and will never ask for it again.
"With respect to the contents of the interleaved copy of the
so-called dictata, I acknowledge that in a private introductory
course of lectures on the study of theology, which I delivered
before the students of the gymnasium, I permitted the students
to write down, that they might remember, certain passages in
Latin, which I read and sought to make intelligible to them.
"These passages were from Assessor Swedenborg’s writings,
and especially from his work on the ’ White Horse." In
selecting these I was most careful not to bring anything be
fore the students which might invalidate the dogmatic books;
being convinced that these passages are in strict accordance
with the meaning of the Lord’s Word, and firmly believing
that it is always commendable to contribute to the increase
of theological knowledge.
"When I delivered these lectures either in private or in
public, the doors of the lecture-room in the gymnasium were
never closed, so that visitors were occasionally present, and
never have I mentioned the name of Assessor Swedenborg
before the students, or recommended his writings to them.
Wherefore, up to the present time, no cause has been discovered,
* Aurell’s Compilation, see Document 245, K.
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