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Doc. 245.] ROYAL RESOLUTION TO CONSISTORY. 365
referred, resulted in two Royal Resolutions, Nos. T and U.
The first of these resolutions, which is addressed to the Con
sistory of Gottenburg, concerns Drs. Beyer and Rosén. Of
this the editor discovered one portion in a Swedish, and
another in a German publication, and by adding the two
portions together he is able to present it in an almost complete
form to his readers. The second resolution concerns the
introduction of Swedenborg’s writings into Sweden.
T.
ROYAL RESOLUTION ADDRESSED TO THE CONSISTORY OF GOTTENBURG.*
(a) " His Royal Majesty could not help being
troubled and disturbed at seeing that, although Swedenborg’s
errors are manifest, two clergymen, Rosén and Beyer, have.
nevertheless, distinctly declared that they are inclined to his
doctrine, which they maintain to be in agreement with the
Sacred Scripture ; with this difference, however, that the former
says he has not given instruction in it, while the latter has
disseminated it so far as his ’ Sermon-Essays, ’ his ’ Dictata,’
and Swedenborg’s printed letter contain the said doctrine.
His Royal Majesty supposed that Rosén and Beyer, in their
capacity of clergymen, public teachers, and members of the
Consistory, and as guardians of religion and Divine doctrine,
would have done all in their power to promote the honour of
God’s name, to preserve the light of the gospel in its perfect
clearness, and to direct the path of guileless youths in the
same ; and, further, that they would have observed the rules
of religion, the regulations of the government, and the de
clarations of the King, all of which have for their objects
* The first portion marked (a) is extracted from a work entitled :
"Frank Views respecting the mode in which to meet fanatical vagaries and
religious errors, especially the so-called Swedenborgianism" (Oförgripeliga
Tankar, om Sättet at bemöta Swärmagtige Uptoger och Wilfarande
Religions-Meningar ; särdeles den så kallade Swedenborgianismen), Stock
holm, 1788, p. 76. The portion marked (b) was found in German in
an anonymous publication by Prelate Etinger182 entitled : "Schwedische
Urkunden," &c. (see footnote to Document 245, P), 1771, pp. 16 and 17.
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