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Doc. 252.] 415
HÖPKEN TO TUXEN.
Diet, which you request of me, has not reached my knowledge,
and probably does not exist in the manner of approbation.
The matter began at Gottenburg particularly against the late
Dr. Beyer, and was continued here by the Chancellor of Jus
tice, but came to nothing ; for neither the accuser nor the
judges understood Swedenborg, and had no lights, or capacity,
to judge upon such matters. Dr. Beyer bestowed a vast
deal of pains upon his Index,* which deserves all admiration,
and is well worth possessing. Here it is not to be had ex
cept at the house of the deceased. It may be had also from
Amsterdam where it was printed.
"I have the honour to be, with the most perfect esteem,
Sir,
"Your obedient servant,
"HÖPKEN.
"Stockholm, July 6, 1781. "
"The above letters are faithful copies from the originals in
my hands.
"C. TUXEN."
F.
COUNT A. J. VON HÖPKEN28 TO A FRIEND.
"Dear Sir,
"The present religion is mystical and filled
with paradoxes ; it is as incoherent and unreasonable, as if
formed for cattle, and not for rational men : agreeably to its
prevailing tenets, you may perpetrate any villanies, and yet
be saved. The doctrine of the priests is Polytheism. They
assert that One is the Creator of the world, and Another the
Author of religion ; they make all to depend upon faith and
instantaneous salvation. But the doctrine of Swedenborg is the
most rational of all Christian doctrines, and urges, as its first
object, to be of good and honest principles. There are two
circumstances in the doctrine and writings of Swedenborg:
the first is his Memorable Relations ; of these I cannot judge,
* Index Initialis in Opera Swedenborgii Theologica, Amsterdam, 1779.
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