THE DOCTINE OF TRUE CHRISTIANITY

 
TABEL OF CONTENTS

I. THE ESSENCE AND NATURE OF GOD
God the Creator
Foundational Question: Who is God, and what is He like?

  1. The Faith of the New Heaven and the New Church
    • God came into the world as the Lord Jesus Christ
    • Faith must be united with life
  2. The Unity of God
    • God is one; division destroys theology
  3. The Divine Esse (Jehovah)
    • God is Being itself and Life itself
  4. Divine Infinity (Immensity & Eternity)
    • God transcends space and time yet is present everywhere
  5. Divine Love and Divine Wisdom
    • Love is the Divine essence; wisdom is its form
  6. Omnipotence, Omniscience, Omnipresence
    • God acts through order, not force
  7. Creation of the Universe
    • Creation from love through wisdom for the sake of conjunction

Result: One God, infinite, loving, wise, orderly, and purposeful

II. GOD WITH US: REDEMPTION AND TRINITY
God the Redeemer
Foundational Question: How did God restore spiritual order and remain present?

  1. The Lord the Redeemer
    • God became Human
    • Redemption by temptations and victory over hell
  2. Redemption
    • Restoration of spiritual equilibrium
    • Salvation made possible, not automatic
  3. The Holy Spirit
    • Divine truth and power in operation
  4. The Divine Trinity
    • Trinity in one Divine Person:
      • Divine source (Father)
      • Divine Human (Son)
      • Divine operation (Holy Spirit)

Result: One God acting personally for human salvation

III. DIVINE REVELATION
The Sacred Scripture (The Word)
Foundational Question: How does God speak and remain present?

  1. The Word of the Lord
  • Divine truth itself
  • Literal sense as foundation
  • Inner spiritual sense
  • Conjunction with heaven through the Word

Result: God is present, teaching, and conjoining through Scripture

IV. LIFE ACCORDING TO TRUTH
The Church in a Person
Foundational Question: What does religion look like when lived?

  1. The Decalogue
  • Universal laws of spiritual life
  • Foundation of repentance and regeneration
  1. Faith
  • Faith in the Lord, formed from truth, fulfilled in life
  1. Charity and Good Works
  • Love toward the neighbor expressed in use

Result: Faith and love united in daily life

V. HUMAN FREEDOM AND SALVATION PROCESS
How a Person Is Saved
Foundational Question: How does salvation actually occur?

  1. Freedom of Choice
  • Spiritual equilibrium
  • Freedom as condition of salvation
  1. Repentance
  • Turning away from evils because they are sins
  1. Reformation & Regeneration
  • New understanding and new will formed gradually
  1. Imputation
  • Responsibility according to life, not transferred merit

Result: Salvation as real transformation in freedom

VI. MEANS OF CONJUNCTION
Sacraments
Foundational Question: How is spiritual life begun and sustained?

  1. Baptism
  • Introduction into the church and instruction
  1. The Holy Supper
  • Ongoing conjunction through Divine good and truth

Result: Regeneration supported by representative means

VII. THE CONSUMMATION AND THE NEW CHURCH
The End and the Beginning
Foundational Question: How do spiritual ages change?

  1. The Last Judgment & the New Church
  • Judgment in the spiritual world
  • End of corrupted religion
  • Beginning of a new spiritual era

Result: Renewal of heaven, the church, and human reception of truth

SUMMARY  
True Christian Religion teaches that one God, who is Divine love and wisdom, created the universe, redeemed humanity by becoming Human, reveals Himself through the Word, and saves people through free repentance, regeneration, and a life of faith and charity, culminating in the New Church.


SUMMATION OF THE ABOVE SPIRITUAL TRUTHS

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