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COUNT CREUTZ. 1143
by Dr. Ekebom. Hence resulted the publication entitled, Hand
lingar, rörande Svedenborgianismen och de so kallade Prediko
Försöken (Minutes respecting Swedenborgianism and the so-called
Sermon-Essays). Whenever the Consistory met, he or his brother
was present and claimed the proceedings of the previous meeting
for publication. When the Consistory were too slow or cautious in
their deliberations, he goaded them on and stimulated them to action.
And after they had settled one point, he was always ready with one
or two other points by which he sought to incriminate Dr. Beyer anew.
At one time when the Consistory refused to entertain one of his
points, he brought it before the civil tribunal of Gottenburg, and
sought to involve Dr. Beyer in a civil suit. And again, when he
found that, with Dr. Ekebom, Dean Kullin, and Pastor Hempe, he
could not always command a majority in the Consistory, as in the
case of Dr. Beyer’s Dictata, he carried the case to Stockholm, by
writing letters to Bishop Filenius," and forwarding to him the in
culpating documents. A specimen of the spirit by which Aurell
was influenced, may be seen in Document 245, J, p. 312, and also
in the reply which Bishop Filenius addressed to him (same Docu
ment, p. 313). Aurell’s was a vindictive, cruel, inexorable nature, void
of mercy, and bent only on destruction.
NOTE 192.
BISHOP LÜTKEMAN.
Bishop Gabriel Timotheus Lütkeman, who is mentioned by
Swedenborg in Document 245, p. 306, was born in Stockholm in
1723. He was appointed royal chaplain in 1744, and always stood
high in royal favour. In 1756 he was appointed the religious instructor
of Prince Frederic Adolphus. In 1758 he was appointed Bishop of
Gothland, in which capacity Swedenborg made his acquaintance in
the Swedish Diet. He died in 1795.
NOTE 193.
COUNT CREUTZ.
Count Gustavus Philip Creutz, Swedish Ambassador to the Court
of France, to whose care Swedenborg desired to have his letters
addressed (see Document 245, p. 297), was born in 1731 and died
1785. He was greatly beloved and respected at home and abroad.
He was a poet, a philosopher, and an eminent statesman.
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