Heaven and Hell #516

By Emanuel Swedenborg

Study this Passage

  
/ 603  
  

516. All the teaching there is from doctrine drawn from the Word, and not from the Word apart from doctrine. Christians are taught on the basis of a heavenly doctrine that is in complete agreement with the inner meaning of the Word. The others, like the Muslims and non-Christians, are taught on the basis of doctrines suited to their grasp. These differ from heavenly doctrine only in that spiritual life is taught through a moral life in accord with the good tenets of their own religion, which was the basis of their life in the world.

  
/ 603  
  

Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for the permission to use this translation.