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Doc 245. ] 363
ROSEN TO A SENATOR.
have I spoken against our accepted doctrine, so far as Bibli
cal religion, as it flows from the interpretation of the greatest
Master, is identical with that of Sweden. Should there be
any difference in the form of expression, this admits of a
humble and unpresuming revision, and if it be so wished by
those in authority, it can be more carefully compared with
the Word. Our whole doctrine also admits of examination
.
according to the example of the Bereans, and as long as
God’s Word is the standard, that doctrine is not discredited,
if all the dark bonds and chains of hell, wherewith Satan
holds men captive, are riven asunder in it.
"Finally, in the Consistory I declared my opinion on what
constitutes a subject for a disputation, wherein, I believe, I
was fully justified. In accordance with a resolution made at
the meeting at Upsal, I am allowed to raise a point for a
disputation without special occasion, and I am allowed to
bring forward arguments in its support ; how much more, then,
am I permitted to put in their proper light controverted
points, when ordered to do so by the King. It would not in
such a case have been becoming to keep out of sight Biblical
grounds of decision, against my better judgment. On the
other hand , however, I will always consider it as censur
able openly to defend Swedenborg, in case or whenever he
is declared to be in error by His Royal Majesty.
"In conclusion I have drawn a clear distinction between
the whole of Swedenborgianism and the three points of doctrine,
which, according to the best of my knowledge, I have proved
to be concordant with God’s Word, when interpreted without
prejudice. Nor did I enter into the whole width and depth
of the interior, i. e. the spiritual, meaning of Scripture, but
I confined myself to the doctrine, or the catechism, which is
gathered from the literal meaning ; and when examined by
this criterion, I did not find the doctrine to conflict with the
true confession. And last of all, if I have been in error in
differing in opinion from the majority of the Consistory, I have
erred in thought, and not in deed.
"His Royal Majesty has graciously demanded a humble
and decisive judgment respecting the Swedenborgian doctrines.
I considered it dangerous to testify in respect to them; since,
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