The General Church rightly defended conjugial love, but crossed a line by treating Swedenborg's Writings as the Word itself. The Lord defined the canon as the Law, Prophets, Psalms, Gospels, and Revelation. Swedenborg's books illuminate Scripture, but do not replace it. Preserving that boundary protects doctrine and keeps authority where it belongs.
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The Mormon Church often says that its doctrines constitute a true restoration of the gospel, but it doesn't. Rather, the Lord gave the true restoration of the gospel, in Swedenborg's opus, True Christianity , where he made it clear how and why God is one person.
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Many evangelical churches speak warmly about Jesus while building doctrine on partial readings and inherited assumptions. A close comparison with Scripture and Swedenborg shows where core teachings drift from the Lord's intent. The aim is clarity, not hostility: separating emotional church culture from genuine Christian truth and lived repentance.
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One disputed line in Conjugial Love appears out of harmony with Swedenborg's wider theology. A closer look at the Latin wording, grammar, and context reveals where common translation choices likely miss his intent. The corrected reading restores doctrinal coherence around marriage, affection, and spiritual order.
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Swedenborg's reports about other worlds seem implausible until time is understood differently in spiritual and natural realms. That framework explains why his experiences follow a consistent theological logic rather than random mysticism. The result is a stronger case for his credibility in relation to providence, consciousness, and divine order.
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Christian charity requires both tenderness and truth. Compassion without doctrine leads to confusion, while doctrine without love becomes cruelty. The church must hold biblical standards on sexuality without hatred, helping people pursue repentance, spiritual growth, and dignity under the Lord rather than social pressure or ideology.
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Men and women are spiritually equal before the Lord, yet not identical in function. Love and wisdom are designed to cooperate in marriage, worship, and community life. True leadership is service, not domination; true submission is to divine order, not ego. The goal is mutual regeneration, unity, and peace in the Lord.
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Unlike many mystics, Swedenborg presents a structured theological system grounded in Scripture, correspondences, and the Lord's unity. His claims can be tested by doctrinal consistency, not emotion alone. Read this way, his work appears as revelatory theology for Christian renewal rather than private mysticism detached from repentance.
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The Trinity is not three divine persons competing for attention, but one God in the Lord Jesus Christ. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are distinct aspects of one Divine Person. Recovering that unity resolves major theological confusion and anchors Christian worship in a coherent understanding of God.
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D&C 132 combines truths about covenant and eternity with serious distortions about authority, marriage, and salvation. Examined alongside Scripture and Swedenborg, those contradictions become clear. Genuine regeneration comes from life with the Lord, not institutional claims, making it possible to reject idolatry while preserving what is holy.
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Although it's obvious they still love each other, Mary is no longer Jesus' mother. She was his physical mother who birthed him while he was on earth, but his physical body was progressively transformed and glorified, made one with the Father of Heaven, so that it's no longer the case that she is his mother.
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Jesus did not command emotional cruelty toward family. He taught spiritual priority: love for the Lord must come before every earthly attachment. In context, hate means ordered loves, not malice. When loyalty to people conflicts with truth, discipleship calls for choosing the Lord with humility and charity.
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Durant's historical patterns show why concentrated state power can look effective in crisis yet become dangerous in peace. The key lessons on governance, incentives, and human nature remain highly relevant. Healthy societies require responsibility, decentralization, and moral character, not merely centralized systems promising equality.
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An important concept to understand is that the Father within Jesus is nothing but goodness. Sometimes that goodness may involve punishment, but he never wants that result. He wills that the sin never occurs in the first place, but if it does occur, allowing a consequence is the most loving outcome for everyone, not only to help reform the person, but to protect the innocent.
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Many popular Christian assumptions collapse under careful biblical and rational scrutiny. Topics like prophecy, faith and works, spiritual authority, and doctrinal consistency are revisited through Swedenborg's lens. The result challenges inherited slogans and points toward a Christianity that unites truth, charity, repentance, and intelligent faith in the Lord.
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