Swedenborgianism

Swedenborgianism is the ecclesiastical organization of beliefs developed from the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg, and as such, considered a religious movement by many. Many aspects are closely related to Christianity, and the movement is founded on the belief that Swedenborg witnessed the Last Judgment and second advent of the Lord, along with the inauguration of the New Church and an explanation of the spiritual meaning of the literal sense of the Scriptures. Some Swedenborian organizations teach that the writings of Swedenborg (often called The Writings) are a third part of the Bible and have the same authority as the Old and New Testaments. Other names for the movement are also used, especially by adherents, including New Christians, Neo-Christians, The New Church, and Church of the New Jerusalem.

Other views

Swedenborgians have been viewed skeptically by Christian groups for the unorthodox aspects of their religion. They have been deemed a fringe or even occult movement in which people speak in tongues and see spirits. (" is a dangerous mystical non-Christian religion" , Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry). While the mystic aspect certainly appealed to some people, and still does, the New Church as an organization today constitutes a widely-spread and considerable society with a regularly constituted ecclesiastical organization.

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