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842 [Doc. 310.
SWEDENBORG’S WRITINGS.
as Codex 11. " De Charitate ," Codex 12. "De Ultimo Judicio,"
Codex 13. "De Divino Amore,
" and Codex 14. "De Conjugio."
2. Four other MSS. contained in the bundle , which were not
included in the Official Catalogue of the Academy , were copied
under A. Nordensköld’s superintendence, and conveyed to England
in 1788 by Wadström. The title of the first MS. was De Domino,
respecting which see Document 313 , no. 108 ; the second was called
De Athanasii Symbolo, respecting which see same Document,
no. 107 ; the third, Canones, etc., respecting which see no. 143 ;
and the fourth, Quinque Memorabilia, respecting which see no. 131 .
In course of time the copies of these MSS. , among other MSS.,
came into the hands of the Rev. M. Sibly, and after his death in
1841 they became the property of the Swedenborg Society.
3. Codex 11, entitled De Charitate, which was one of the MSS.
contained in the bundle mentioned above, consists of 42 pages, large
folio, with leaves 17 and 18 missing. Pages 1 and 2 contain an
analysis of the treatise ; but the contents of p. 2 are crossed out.
Then come 32 pages on the "Doctrine of Charity," under twelve
heads or chapters, of which chapters VIII and IX, written on leaves
17 and 18, are partly wanting. Of these 32 pages a copy was made
under the superintendence of A. Nordensköld, and conveyed to Eng
land in 1783 ; and another copy was subsequently furnished to
C. A. Tulk, Esq. by G. J. Billberg, Secretary of the Society "Pro
Fide et Charitate" in Stockholm (see Note 119, Vol. I, p. 705).
From the latter copy the Swedenborg Society printed an edition
in 1840, bearing the title, Doctrina de Charitate. But the analysis of
the treatise on pages 1 and 2 was not published ; nor were the head
ings of the sections of each chapter published together, as Sweden
borg had written them.
After leaf 20 follow eight pages closely written and difficult to
read, which contain a re-cast of chapter I and part of chapter II;
this recast and amplification is most important. Whether Sweden
borg intended this as the beginning of a new treatise on Charity,
or whether these articles were intended to replace the corresponding
articles in the beginning of the published treatise on "The Doctrine
of Charity," it is difficult to decide. A portion of chapter II seems
to have been lost, for the MS. closes in the middle of a sentence.
On the last page is the introduction and synopsis of chapter XII
of the treatise on "Charity."
Respecting the time when this MS. was written , see Docu
ment 313, no. 126.
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