Swedenborg. The understanding of his works. Practical learning. » Without overcoming natural evils we never come to combat interior evils https://newchurch.net Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all things shall be added unto you (Matt. 6:33) Tue, 01 Jul 2025 14:48:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Notes on the Teachings of the Word concerning Divorce https://newchurch.net/notes-on-the-teachings-of-the-word-concerning-divorce/ https://newchurch.net/notes-on-the-teachings-of-the-word-concerning-divorce/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:27:40 +0000 http://newchurch.net/?p=1039   It is needful for the Church to consider the interior causes of the laws of divorce given in the Word. By this all may come to a deeper understand­ing and love of the Conjugial, and of the uses of marriage, and hy this the Church may he protected against doubts and false reasonings about […]

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]]> https://newchurch.net/notes-on-the-teachings-of-the-word-concerning-divorce/feed/ 0 “Such as hatreds, revenges, cunnings, deceits, as a serpent breathes in poisons.” [A sermon on AE 1148] https://newchurch.net/such-as-hatreds-revenges-cunnings-deceits-as-a-serpent-breathes-in-poisons-a-sermon-on-ae-1148/ https://newchurch.net/such-as-hatreds-revenges-cunnings-deceits-as-a-serpent-breathes-in-poisons-a-sermon-on-ae-1148/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:17:33 +0000 http://newchurch.net/?p=635 Hatreds, revenges, cunnings, deceits, describe the internal and external evils in relation to the will and the understanding. Hatred, is of the will, and revenges are the acts which proceed from the will. Cunning is of the understanding and deceits, are the acts which come forth from this cunning. To view these evils we must […]

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