From riley@new-church.freeserve.co.uk Thu May 31 18:47:14 2001 From: riley@new-church.freeserve.co.uk (Norman Riley) Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 19:47:14 +0100 Subject: [lucerna] Handbook Message-ID: <000c01c0ea02$35a7d6c0$e6e2883e@riley> Three Essentials of the Church. Acknowledgement of the Divinity of the Lord. Acknowledgement of the Holiness of the Word. And the Life called Charity. ( Divine Providence 259: 3 ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Divinity of the Lord. "Singulars of Faith on man's part: God is One , in Whom is a Divine Trinity, and He is the Lord God the Saviour, Jesus Christ ". (True Christian Religion number 3). "Unless God were one, the universe could not have been created, and preserved," (True Christian Religion number 13). " This New Church is the Crown of all the Churches which have hitherto been on the earth., because it will worship the One visible God, in Whom is the invisible God, as the soul is in the body. Only thus can there be a conjunction of God with man, because man thinks naturally; while conjunction must be in thought and thus in the affection of his love, and this takes place when man thinks of God as Man. Conjunction with an invisible God is like the eye's grasp of the universe whose end is beyond sight; or like the vision in mid-ocean, which falls only on air and water; and completely perishes. But a true conjunction with a visible God is like seeing a man in the air or on water, stretching forth his hands and inviting all to his arms. For all conjunction of God with man must also be a reciprocal conjunction of man with God; and reciprocation on man's part is only possible with a visible God. (True Christian Religion number 787). Holiness of the Word. That the Lord is the Word is clearly evident from John's Gospel chapter 1 verse 1." In the beginning was the Word , and the Word was with God, and God was the Word...." Each Age ,or Church, had a Word serviceable for it use. (see Apocalypse Explained number 948) This passage also states that to each was given interior truth, which truth is in the spiritual or internal sense of the Word..We read further that the Church to follow the Christian would have more interior truth revealed. That the spiritual or internal cannot appear in the natural without a covering, called the clouds of heaven, or the sense of the Letter, is for the sake of the protection of man against profanation. We read in True Christian Religion number 776 that, "This Second Coming of the Lord is not in Person, but in the Word, which is from Him and is Himself." The Letter of this Word is that which was penned by Swedemborg in the World, in this all former Revelations are contained, and from this Doctrine has to be drawn and confirmed. The Life called Charity. "The first of Charity is to look to the Lord and shun evils because they are sins; this is done by repentance." (Charity number 1). " The second of charity is to do goods because they are uses". (Charity number 2 " The neighbour to be loved is, in a spiritual idea,good and truth." (Charity number 3), "Charity in its first origin is the affection of good, and as good loves truth, the affection of good produces the affection of truth, and by the affection of truth, the acknowledgement of truth, which is faith. By these in their series, the affection of truth, manifests itself, and becomes charity." (Doctrine of Nova Hierosolyma concering Faith,number 13). From JHOdhner@aol.com Sat Jun 16 19:00:53 2001 From: JHOdhner@aol.com (JHOdhner@aol.com) Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 15:00:53 EDT Subject: [lucerna] 19th of June Address Message-ID: >From J. Hugh Odhner: Two attachments in .pdf and .txt format 19Jun01.pdf 19Jun01.txt -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 19jun01.ZIP Type: application/zip Size: 4071 bytes Desc: not available URL: From JHOdhner@aol.com Wed Jun 27 17:50:59 2001 From: JHOdhner@aol.com (JHOdhner@aol.com) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 13:50:59 EDT Subject: [lucerna] Class on Leading Theses of De Hemelsche Leer Message-ID: <3c.da8d1a7.286b7703@aol.com> Attached is a doctrinal class on the first Leading Thesis of De Hemelsche Leer given to the Philadelphia Society on May 22nd. It is being sent in two formats: PDF and RTF. Paper copies are also available if requested. Hugh -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: theses63.ZIP Type: application/zip Size: 24557 bytes Desc: not available URL: From JHOdhner@aol.com Sun Jul 1 15:19:21 2001 From: JHOdhner@aol.com (JHOdhner@aol.com) Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 11:19:21 EDT Subject: [lucerna] Sermon on the Beginning of the Church in man Message-ID: <11e.10eacd3.28709979@aol.com> Attached is a short sermon preached in Wilmington, IL to a small group. Sermon is in PDF and RTF formats. Comments and suggestions are welcome. Hugh -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: inbegin.ZIP Type: application/zip Size: 8603 bytes Desc: not available URL: From ViaParvaMM@aol.com Wed Sep 26 00:47:52 2001 From: ViaParvaMM@aol.com (ViaParvaMM@aol.com) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 20:47:52 EDT Subject: [lucerna] URGENT Virus Alert - THIS IS NOT A HOAX!!!!! Message-ID: <42.1ae5352a.28e27fb8@aol.com> Beloved friends and relatives, I was just forwarded a virus warning from a friend, and checked it out on both Symantec and Internet Insider. It is not a hoax. IT IS REAL AND VERY SERIOUS. There are some MAJOR viruses circulating the web, which capitalize on the recent terrorist attacks. They are entitled "Vote", "WTC.exe", or one of many other related titles. 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