La Verdadera Religión Cristiana

La Teología Universal del Nuevo Cielo y de la Nueva Iglesia

ÍNDICE GENERAL DEL CONTENIDO

El Prefacio del Autor: La Fe del Nuevo Cielo y de la Nueva Iglesia

Capítulo 1 - Dios Creador

Capítulo 2 - El Señor, El Redentor, y La Redención

Capítulo 3 - El Espíritu Santo y la Divina Operación, y La Divina Trinidad

Capítulo 4 - La Sagrada Escritura

Capítulo 5 - El Decálogo explicado en su sentido externo e interno

Capítulo 6 - La Fe

Capítulo 7 - La Caridad (amor al prójimo) y las buenas obras

Capítulo 8 - El libre Albedrío

Capítulo 9 - El Arrepentimiento

Capítulo 10 - La Reformación y Regeneración

Capítulo 11 - La Imputación

Capítulo 12 - El Bautismo

Capítulo 13 - La Santa Cena

Capítulo 14 - La Consumación del Siglo, La Venida del Señor, El Nuevo Cielo y la Nueva Tierra

Apéndices

Nota Preliminar al lector:

Siéndome por varias razones imposible realizar mi deseo de presentar por ahora una traducción completa de La Verdadera Religión Cristiana, Y por otra parte convencido de que las verdades expuestas por Swedenborg en dicha obra, aun siendo presentadas en forma abreviada, han de prestar valioso servicio a los que con sinceridad buscan la verdad, ofrezco la presente abreviación, entre tanto que la traducción completa pueda efectuarse, deseando cordialmente que resulte un medio en la mano del Señor para bendecir a muchos.

En esta abreviación he procurado en lo posible ceñirme a la letra del original, empleando las palabras del mismo Swedenborg tanto como la forma abreviada lo ha permitido.

Jørgen Andersen, el Traductor

Sociedad Swedenborg Española

Para establecer y fomentar la Nueva Iglesia en España

Alameda, 1911

2130. As regards the second representation, that is to say, the idea of a Last Judgement which takes place before the eyes of the good when they are being admitted into heaven, let that too be described. In the Word it is said that the door was shut, so that they could no longer be admitted; and that they had no oil, arrived too late, and therefore were not admitted, statements which also mean a Last-Judgement state. The situation with these matters and how they are to be understood has been shown to me.

[2] I heard communities of spirits declaring in a clear voice, one community after another, that a wolf had wished to carry them off but that the Lord rescued them, and so they were restored to Him, and on that account rejoiced from the depths of their heart. Indeed they had been without hope, and so were afraid that the door had been shut, and that they had arrived too late to be admitted. Such thought had been instilled into them by those called wolves, but it vanished on their being admitted, that is, being received, by angelic communities. Being admitted into heaven is nothing else. The admission which I witnessed seemed to proceed continuously community by community, up to twelve of them, the admission, that is, the reception, of the twelfth being more difficult than that of the previous eleven. After that about eight more communities were also admitted, which, it was pointed out to me, were composed of females. Having witnessed all this I was told that this is how the process of admission, that is, of being received into heavenly communities is seen. They proceed in an orderly continuation from one place to another. I was also told that heaven can never be filled up, still less the door be shut, but that the more who enter, the more blessing and happiness there is for those in heaven, because their unanimity is made that much stronger.

[3] After these had been admitted it did at that point seem as though heaven was shut; for there were still more who wished after that to be admitted, that is, to be received. But they were told in reply that they could not yet be let in. This is meant by those arriving too late, by the door being shut, by their knocking, and by the statement about their having no oil in their lamps. The reason they were not admitted was that they were not yet ready to move among angelic communities where mutual love exists, for, as stated above towards the end of 2119, people who in the world have lived charitably disposed towards the neighbour are raised up by the Lord into heaven gradually.

[4] There were also other spirits who did not know what heaven is, namely mutual love, and who also at that time wished to be admitted. They imagined it was just a matter of being admitted. They received the reply however that it was not yet time for them, but that they would be admitted at another time when they were ready for it. The reason why twelve communities were seen was that 'twelve' means everything comprising faith, as stated above towards the end of 2129.