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Books of The Third Testament (Swedenborg's Theological Writings) 
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Books of the Third Testament Published by The Swedenborg Foundation:
Heaven and Hell
Doctrine of Life
The White Horse
Apocalypse Revealed, volume one
Apocalypse Revealed, volume two
​Apocalypse Explained, volume one
​Apocalypse Explained, volume two
​Apocalypse Explained, volume three
​Apocalypse Explained, volume four
Apocalypse Explained, volume five
Apocalypse Explained, volume six
Arcana Coelestia (Heavenly Secrets), volume one
​Arcana Coelestia, volume two
Arcana Coelestia, volume three
Arcana Coelestia, volume four
Arcana Coelestia, volume five
Arcana Coelestia, volume six
Arcana Coelestia, volume seven
Arcana Coelestia, volume eight
Arcana Coelestia, volume nine
Arcana Coelestia, volume ten
Arcana Coelestia, volume eleven
Arcana Coelestia, volume twelve
Conjugial Love
Divine Providence
On Divine Love and Divine Wisdom
True Christian Religion, volume one
True Christian Religion, volume two
​Doctrine of Faith
Doctrine of the Lord
Doctrine of the Holy Scripture
The Athanasian Creed
Concerning the Lord and Concerning the Holy Spirit
New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine
A Brief Exposition of the Doctrine of the New Church


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Heaven and Hell
​(Heaven and its Wonders and Hell from Things Heard and Seen)
by Emanuel Swedenborg 
(Ager translation)
​Points of Interest
  •  Heaven and its Wonders
  •  Awakening from Death - What happens after we die?
  •  The Nature of Hell
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DOCTRINE OF LIFE
  • For the New Jerusalem from the Precepts of the Decalogue
    by Emanuel Swedenborg
    ​​Points of Interest
  • All Religion Is Of The Life, And The Life Of Religion Is To Do That Which Is Good.
  • No One Can Do Good, Which Is Really Good, From Himself.
  • So Far As Man (H)** Shuns Evils As Sins So Far He Does What 
  • Is Good, Not From Himself, But From The Lord.
  • The reason why the good things which a man wills and does are not good, before he shuns evils as sins.
  • The reason why the pious things which a man thinks and speaks before he shuns evils as sins, are not pious.
  • The reason why man has no wisdom, unless he shuns evils as sins.
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THE WHITE HORSE
  • Concerning the White Horse Mentioned In Apocalypse Chapter 19 
    With Particulars Respecting The Word And Its Spiritual Or Internal Sense out of Arcana Coelestia.
    by Emanuel Swedenborg
     Points of Interest
  • Meaning of the White Horse in the Book of Revelation.
  • Meaning of the White Horse in the Apocalypse Explained.
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APOCALYPSE REVEALED
WHEREIN ARE DISCLOSED THE ARCANA THERE FORETOLD WHICH HAVE HITHERTO REMAINED CONCEALED
BY EMANUEL SWEDENBORG

​POINTS OF INTEREST
  • INNER MEANING OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION EXPLAINED.
  • INNER MEANING OF THE APOCALYPSE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
  • EXPLANATION OF THE SPIRITUAL SENSE IN THE APOCALYPSE.
  • INNER MEANING OF THE FOUR HORSEMAN OF THE APOCALYPSE.
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​MEANING OF WORDS USED IN SWEDENBORG'S THEOLOGICAL WRITINGS ​​​
​COMPILED BY JOHN STUART BOGG
  • A GLOSSARY OR THE MEANING OF SPECIFIC TERMS AND PHRASES USED BY SWEDENBORG IN HIS THEOLOGICAL WRITINGS GIVEN IN HIS OWN WORDS
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ARCANA COELESTIA (HEAVENLY SECRETS)
By: Emanuel Swedenborg
English translation from original Latin
Translator: John Merchant hired by Swedenborg himself.
First edition photocopy book

Sixteenth Chapter of Genesis.
A brief exposition of the Doctrine of the New Church, understood in the apocalypse by the New Jerusalem; wherein is also demonstrated, that throughout all the Christian world the worshiping of three gods is received, from the Creed of St. Athanasius.

Published: 1750 in London, England 
Printed by M. Lewis, (no.i.) Pater-Noster-Row.
MDCCLXIX. [1769]
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