The Gist of Swedenborg 1920 [Leather Bound]

by Julian Kennedy Smyth, Emmanuel Swedenborg

Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back [1920]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. - eng, Pages 150. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. COMPLETE LEATHER WILL COST YOU EXTRA US$ 25 APART FROM THE LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. {FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE.}

Genres: Religion

150 pages, Leather Bound

First published January 1, 1920

About the author

From Hymnary dot org: A gra­du­ate of Ur­ba­na Uni­ver­si­ty, Ur­ba­na, Ohio, Smyth was or­dained Jan­ua­ry 5, 1879.

He served as pa­stor of the Port­land New Church Soc­i­e­ty (1877–82), the Rox­bu­ry So­cie­ty (1882–98), and the New York So­cie­ty (1898–1921).

He was pre­si­dent of the New Church New York As­so­cia­tion (1907–21), and of the Ge­ne­ral Con­ven­tion (1911–21).

He was mem­ber of the Am­eri­can New-Church Sun­day School As­so­cia­tion com­mit­tee that com­piled and ed­it­ed the Ho­san­na, the New Je­ru­sa­lem Com­mit­tee of Wor­ship that com­piled and ed­it­ed the Mag­ni­fi­cat in 1910, and—with James Reed—on the Ge­ne­ral Con­ven­tion of the New Je­ru­sa­lem Com­mit­tee of Wor­ship that es­tab­lished the 1912 Book of Wor­ship.

Kennedy also found­ed the Ken­ne­dy House for the edu­ca­tion of the un­der­pri­vi­leged in New York Ci­ty.

Reviews

[Alex V · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice quick read to get an idea of the concepts of this theologian. There is a great variety of small sections presenting the different ideas from the many books he wrote. Some of these ideas are quite unique and possibly considered to be mystical by some, but it is nice to hear them outside of the genre of fantasy.

[Paul Davies · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting introduction to Swedenborg's beliefs. If more Christians subscribed to his simple teachings of love and duty, perhaps they would garner greater respect.

[Adam · Rating 2 out of 5]

Unremarkable in any way. Just reads like most Christian philosophical commentaries about Christianity and what it means. Other than a few advancements, or revelations Swedenborg had, such as dead children becoming angels, there wasn't enough here to prompt me to dig into his other works, since this was a cursory look at all of them, and for that I'm grateful since I can now skip them or put them off. Itch = scratched.