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CONTENTS

Revelation—Continued.

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and of the Senses—The Truths Fundamental to Science are revealed in the Letter of the Word—Civilization has ever been Dependent upon Revelation—Revelation is addressed to Spiritual Faculties—The Idolatrous and False Religions and Superstitions of Ancient Times were not the Beginning of Religion, but the Perversion of Previous Revelations—The Christian Religion is from a Revelation of God Himself in Jesus Christ—How the Word is God—The Word is the Product of Growth, and is formed to contain Infinite Truth and Love—God must be Acknowledged not as the Discovery of Science, but as the Object of Revelation—The Philosophy of Swedenborg.

CHAPTER VI.

The Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Creation necessitates a Creator—Law is in the Creator—Quality is in the Creator—The Creator is not an Unembodied Force—The Creator is a Substance—Intelligence is in the Creator—Life is in the Creator—Affection and Thought constitute Human Life, and are in the Creator—1. Life is a Form of Activity—2. Affection and Thought constitute the Life of the Brain, and consequently of the Whole Body—3. In Affection and Thought originates the Life of the Whole Body—4. Life is the Activity of Love—5. Love is a Substance—The Creator is Person, Human, and Man—The Creator is Eternal—The Creator is Infinite—The Creator is Omnipotent—The Creator is Omniscient and Omnipresent—The Creator is Self-Existing—The Creator is very Person, the Divine Human, and God–Man—An Adequate Idea of God necessitates that He be conceived of as interiorly in the Human Form—The Human Form and Shape should be attributed to the Creator.

CHAPTER VII.

Degrees in Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Without Knowledge of Degrees Causes cannot be understood—Continuous Degrees and Discrete De-

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