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1012 [Doc. 313.
SWEDENBORG’S WRITINGS.
it may be found. This letter was noticed by Prof. J. H. Lidén in
the Almänna Tidningar for July 7, 1770.
1769. (142.) Quæstiones Novem de Trinitate, &c. ad
Emanuelem Swedenborg proposita a Thoma Hartley; tum
illius responsa (Nine Queries concerning the Trinity, &c.,
proposed by Thomas Hartley to Emanuel Swedenborg ; with
his answers), in MS. pp. 6, 4to.
The tract, which was published by R. Hindmarsh in 1775 under the
above title, consisted originally of portions of letters exchanged
between Thomas Hartley and Emanuel Swedenborg. Mr. Hindmarsh
states in the Appendix to his "Rise and Progress," &c., that these
Queries were printed by him in the original Latin, at his own
expense, from a manuscript copy received from Mr. Hartley in 1786
[1785?]. In 1786 he also printed at his own expense an English
translation of these Queries prepared by himself.
1769. (143.) Canones Novæ Ecclesiæ seu Integra Theologia
Novo Ecclesia (The Canons of the New Church, or the
Entire Theology of the New Church), in MS ., pp. 45, folio.
The original MS. of this work is lost, but two copies of it are still
in existence. One of these copies, which was taken by young
Johansen260 under the superintendence of Aug. Nordensköld (see Docu
mert 309, p. 807), is now in the possession of the Swedenborg
Society, and the other which was owned by Major Gyllenhaal303
near Skara was presented to the editor of these Documents by
Dr. A. Kahl307 of Lund. These copies differ in some particulars; e. g.
the title, Canones Novæ Ecclesiæ, &c. occurs only in Johansen’s,
and not in the Skara, copy. In the Skara copy, on the other hand,
there is the following introduction to the work, which is missing in
Johansen’s copy; "The New Church could not be instituted before
the Last Judgment had been accomplished, because otherwise holy
things would have been profaned. It was promised that the spiritual
sense of the Word would then be disclosed, and the Advent of the
Lord, who is the Word, would take place. The reason why but
few at the present day have religion is, 1. Because it is not known
that the Lord is the Only God who rules heaven and earth; and
thus that He is God in person and in essence, in whom is a Trinity :
when yet the whole of religion is based on the knowledge of God,
and on His adoration and worship. 2. Because it is not known that
faith is nothing else but truth ; and because it is not known whether
that which is called faith is truth, or not. 3. Because it is not
known what charity is, nor consequently what evil and good are.
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