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The New Church (or Swedenborgianism) can refer to any of several historically related Christian denominations that developed under the influence of the theology of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772). The Swedenborgian tradition is considered to be a part of Restorationist Christianity .
The church also operates an online church called Swedenborgian Community Online which provides weekly resources on its website and social media. [3] In 2003, the Swedenborgian Church of North America had about 1,800 members, almost identical to the membership it had in 1981 but rather less than the 5,440 it had in 1925.
The New Church (Swedenborgian), general term for Swedenborgian denominations; Swedenborgian Church of North America, also known as the General Convention of the New Jerusalem; General Church of the New Jerusalem, also known as the General Church; Lord's New Church Which Is Nova Hierosolyma, also known as the Lord's New Church
The New Church in the New World. A study of Swedenborgianism in America (Holt 1932; Octagon reprint 1968) A detailed history of the ideational and social development of the organized churches based on Swedenborg's works. Crompton, S. Emanuel Swedenborg (Chelsea House, 2005) Recent biography of Swedenborg. Johnson, G., ed. Kant on Swedenborg.
On 27 January 1788 a chapel in Great Eastcheap (bearing over its entrance the words ‘Now it is allowable’) was opened with a sermon by James Hindmarsh; [1] Robert was the church secretary. On 1 June two priests, the elder Hindmarsh and Samuel Smith, another ex-Methodist preacher, were ordained [ 2 ] by twelve members, of whom Robert ...
Bryn Athyn Cathedral. The General Church of the New Jerusalem (also referred to as the General Church, the General Convention of New Jerusalem, [3] or just simply the New Church) is an international church based in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, and based on the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the theological works of Emanuel Swedenborg (often called the Writings for the New Church or just ...
It was built by the New Church Theological School on part of the Jared Sparks estate purchased in 1889 for the purpose of housing both a school and a Cambridge congregation of Swedenborgians. In 1965 a Parish House addition was constructed at the northeast corner of the chapel to designs by Cambridge architect Arthur H. Brooks, Jr.
New Church Day was first celebrated as an annual holiday in the Academy of the New Church and in the General Church of the New Jerusalem after the former was first organized on 19 June 1876. [13] [14] The holiday has been the occasion for religious services, pageants, banquets, picnics, and the exchange of June Nineteenth cards and gifts. [15] [16]