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Summaria Expositio Doctrinae Novae Ecclesiae, Quae per Novam Hierosolymam in Apocalypsi Intelligitur #0

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[Introduction] n. 1

DOCTRINALIA ROMANO-CATHOLICORUM DE JUSTIFICATIONE, EX SYNODO TRIDENTINA. n. 2-8

DOCTRINALIA PROTESTANTIUM DE JUSTIFICATIONE, EX FORMULA CONCORDIAE. n. 9-15

SCIAGRAPHIA DOCTRINALIUM NOVAE ECCLESIAE. n. 16

I. Quod Ecclesiae per Reformationem separatae ab Ecclesia Romano Catholica, dissideant in variis; sed quod omnes in Articulis, de Trinitate personarum in Divinitate, de Origine peccati ex Adamo, de Imputatione Meriti Christi, et de Justificatione per solam fidem, conveniant n. 17-18

II. Quod Romano-Catholici ante Reformationem prorsus similia quae Reformati post illam, de quatuor supranominatis Articulis tradiderint, videlicet similia de Trinitate personarum in Divinitate, similia de Peccato originali, similia de Imputatione meriti Christi, et similia de Justificatione per fidem in illam, cum sola differentia, quod eandem fidem cum charitate seu bonis operibus conjunxerint. n. 19-20

III. Quod Reformatores antesignani, Lutherus, Melanchthon et Calvinus, omnia Dogmata de Trinitate Personarum in Divinitate, de Peccato Originali, de Imputatione meriti Christi, et de Justificatione per fidem, qualia tunc erant et fuerant apud Romano-Catholicos, retinuerint, sed quod Charitatem seu Bona Opera separaverint a fide illa, et declaraverint illa non simul salvifica, propter finem ut a Romano-Catholicis quoad ipsa essentialia Ecclesiae, quae sunt Fides et Charitas, divellerentur. n. 21-23

IV. Quod tamen Reformatores Antesignani, fidei suae adjunxerint bona opera, et quoque conjunxerint illa, sed in homine ut in subjecto passivo, Romano-Catholici autem in homine ut in subjecto activo: et quod tamen inter hos et illos quoad fidem, opera et merita, actualiter sit conformitas. n. 24-29

V. Quod universa Theologia in Christiano Orbe hodie fundata sit super idea Trium Deorum, oriunda ex, doctrina Trinitatis Personarum. n. 30-38

VI. Quod Dogmata illius Theologiae appareant esse erronea, postquam idea Trinitatis Personarum et inde Trium Deorum rejecta est, ac idea Unius Dei: in quo est Divina Trinitas loco ejus recepta. n. 39-40

VII. Quod tunc Fides vere salvifica, quae est in unum Deum, unita bonis operibus, agnoscatur et recipiatur. n. 41-42

VIII. Et quod haec fides sit in Deum Salvatorem Jesum Christum, ac in simplici sua forma talis.

1. Quod sit unus Deus, in Quo est Divina Trinitas, et quod Ille sit Dominus Jesus Christus.

2. Quod Fides salvifica sit credere in Ipsum.

3. Quod fugienda sint mala, quia sunt diaboli et a diabolo.

4. Quod facienda sint bona, quia sunt Dei et a Deo.

5. Et quod haec facienda sint ab homine ut ab ipso, at quod credendum sit, quod sint a Domino apud illum et per illum. n. 43-44

IX. Quod hodierna Fides ab Ecclesia separaverit Religionem, quae consistit in agnitione unius Dei, et in cultu Ipsius ex fide charitatis. n. 45-46

X. Quod Fides hodiernae Ecclesiae non possit cum Charitate conjungi, ac producere aliquos fructus, qui sunt bona opera. n. 47-50

XI. Quod ex Fide hodiernae Ecclesiae redundet Cultus oris et non vitae, cum tamen cultus oris acceptus est Domino secundum cultum vitae. n. 51-52

XII. Quod doctrina hodiernae Ecclesiae confasciata sit per plura Paradoxa, quae fide amplectenda sunt; et quod ideo ejus dogmata solum intrent memoriam, et non in aliquem intellectum supra illam, sed modo in confirmationes infra illam. n. 53-57

XIII. Quod Dogmata hodiernae Ecclesiae non possint nisi cum magna difficultate disci. et quin elabantur retineri, et non nisi cum multa parcimonia et cautela, ne nuditas illorum appareat, praedicari et doceri, propter causam, quia vera Ratio illa non percipit et recipit. n. 58-59

XIV. Quod Doctrina fidei hodiernae Ecclesiae addicet Deo Proprietates humanas, ut quod homines aspexerit ex ira, quod velit reconciliari, quod reconcilietur per amorem in Filium, et per intercessionem; et quod velit propitiari per miseriam visam in Filio, et sic reduci in Misericordiam; et quod supplicanti ex sola fide injusto imputet justitiam Ipsius, et quod sic faciat hunc ab inimico amicum, et ex filio irae filium gratiae. n. 60-63

XV. Quod ex Fide hodiernae Ecclesiae enati sint et adhuc enasci possint Foetus enormes; sicut Momentanea Salvatio ex immediata Misericordia; Praedestinatio; nulla attentio Dei ad actus hominis, sed ad solam fidem; quod non detur Vinculum charitatis et fidei; quod homo in conversione sit sicut truncus; praeter plura; etiam de Sacramentis, Baptismo et Sacra Coena, quoad principia rationis de usufructu illorum educta ex Doctrina justificationis per solam fidem; ut et de Persona Christi. Haeretica a Primis saeculis ad hodiernum 1 non aliunde quam ex Doctrina super idea trium Deorum fundata scaturiverunt. n. 64-69

XVI. Quod Status ultimus Ecclesiae hodiernae, quando finis ejus, per Consummationem saeculi, et tunc Adventum Domini, apud Matthaeum 24:3 Cap. intelligatur. n. 70-73

XVII. Quod infestatio a falsis, et inde consummatio omnis veri, seu desolatio, hodie in Ecclesiis Christianis, per Afflictionem magnam, qualis non fuit ab initio Mundi nec fiet, apud Matthaeum 24:21 Cap. intelligatur. n. 74-76

XVIII. Quod non Amor, nec Fides, neque Cognitiones boni et veri, in Ecclesia Christiana tempore ultimo, quando finis ejus instat, sint, intelligatur per haec in eodem Capite XXIV apud Matthaeum; post afflictionem istorum, Sol obscurabitur, et Luna non dabit lumen suum et Stellae cadent de Caelo, et Virtutes Caelorum commovebuntur, Vers. 29. n. 77-81

XIX. Quod illi qui in hodierna Fide Justificante sunt, per Hircos apud Danielem, et apud Matthaeum intelligantur. n. 82-86

XX. Quod illi, qui in hodierna Fide justificante se confirmaverunt, in Apocalypsi per Draconem, duas ejus Bestias, et per Locustas, et quod ipsa illa Fides confirmata, ibi per magnam Urbem quae spiritualiter vocatur Sodoma et Aegyptus, ubi bini testes occisi sunt, ut et per Puteum abyssi, ex quo Locustae exiverunt, intelligantur. n. 87-90

XXI. Quod nisi Nova Ecclesia instauretur a Domino, nemo possit salvari; et quod hoc intelligatur per haec, Nisi abbreviarentur dies isti, non conservaretur ulla caro, Matthaeus 24:22. n. 91-94

XXII. Quod aperitio et rejectio Dogmatum fidei hodiernae Ecclesiae, ac revelatio et receptio Dogmatum fidei novae Ecclesiae, intelligatur per haec in Apocalypsi, Dixit Sedens super Throno, ecce Nova omnia faciam, et dixit. scribe, quia haec verba vera et fida sunt, Cap. 21:5. n. 95-98

XXIII. Apocalypsi 21 Cap. et 22, agitur; quae ibi vocatur Sponsa et Uxor Agni. n. 99-101

XXIV. Quod Fides Novae Ecclesiae nequaquam possit una esse cum Fide prioris Ecclesiae, et quod si una sunt, fiat collisio et conflictio talis, ut pereat omne Ecclesiae apud hominem. n. 102-104

XXV. Quod Romano-Catholici de Imputatione Meriti Christi, et de Justificatione per fidem ejus, in quam Ecclesia illorum initiata est, hodie nihil sciant, quoniam prorsus obtecta jacet per Externa cultus, quae sunt plura: et quod ideo si illi quoad partem recedunt ab externis cultus sui, ac immediate adeunt Deum Salvatorem Jesum Christum, et quoque binas Species in sacra Eucharistia sortiuntur, possint in Novam Hierosolymam, hoc est, in Novam Ecclesiam Domini prae Reformatis introduci. n. 105-108

De Imputatio. n. 109-113

DUO MEMORABILIA ex APOCALYPSI REVELATA. n. 114-115

APPENDIX CORONARIA.

FIDES NOVI CAELI ET NOVAE ECCLESIAE IN UNIVERSALI FORMA. n. 116

FIDES NOVI CAELI ET NOVAE ECCLESIA IN PARTICULARI FORMA. n. 117

SEQUUNTUR TRIA MEMORABILIA EX APOCALYPSI REVELATA DESUMPTA. n. 118-120

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Apocalypsis 21:2

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2 Et ego Joannes vidi sanctam civitatem Jerusalem novam descendentem de cælo a Deo, paratam sicut sponsam ornatam viro suo.

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True Christian Religion #625

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625. 1 The fifth experience.

Once when I was meditating on the Lord's second coming, there suddenly appeared a beam of light, so powerful as to dazzle my eyes. So I looked up, and saw the whole heaven above me full of light; and from east to west I heard a long series of voices glorifying God. An angel came close and said: 'This is the glorifying of the Lord on account of His coming, uttered by the angels of the eastern and western heavens.' Nothing was heard from the southern or northern heavens but a polite murmur.

Since the angel could hear everything, he told me first that this glorifying and praising of the Lord was taken from the Word. Then he said: 'Now in particular they are glorifying and praising the Lord with the words spoken by the prophet Daniel.

You have seen iron mixed with common clay, but they will not hold together. But in those days the God of the heavens will cause a kingdom to rise which shall not perish for ever. It will shatter and consume all these kingdoms, but will stand itself for ever.' Daniel 2:43-44.

[2] After this I heard what sounded like singing, and yet further away to the east I saw a gleam of light more brilliant than before. I asked the angel what was the glorifying taking place there. He said it was what Daniel described:

I was watching in the visions of the night and I saw the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. To him were given dominion and the kingdom and all peoples and nations will worship him. His dominion will be a dominion for ever, which will not pass away, and his kingdom one that will not perish, Daniel 7:13-14.

Besides this they praise the Lord with these words from Revelation:

To Jesus Christ be glory and strength. Behold, He comes with clouds. He is Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. I, John, heard this from the Son of Man from the midst of the seven lampstands, Revelation 1:5-13; 22:8, 13, Also with the words of Matthew 24:30-31.

[3] I looked again to the east of heaven, and the light was growing from the right; the brightness spread into the expanse of sky to the south, and I heard a sweet sound. I asked the angel what glorifying of the Lord was taking place there. He said it was with these words from Revelation:

I saw a new heaven and a new earth; and I saw the holy city New Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven, prepared like a bride for her husband. And I heard a mighty voice out of heaven saying: Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them. And the angel spoke with me and said: Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb. And he carried me away in the spirit onto a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, Revelation 21:1-3, 9-10.

Also with these words:

I, Jesus, am the bright star of the morning; and the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And He said, I am coming soon. Amen; even so, come, Lord Jesus, Revelation 22:16-17, 20.

[4] After this and more I heard a general glorifying from the east of heaven to the west, and also from the south to the north. I asked the angel what this was. He said it was these words from the Prophets:

Let all flesh know that I am Jehovah your Saviour and your Redeemer, Isaiah 49:26.

Thus spoke Jehovah, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, Jehovah Zebaoth, I am the first and the last, and there is no God beside me, Isaiah 44:6.

On that day it will be said, Behold, this is our God, whom we have awaited to free us. He is Jehovah, whom we have awaited, Isaiah 25:9.

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way for Jehovah. Behold, the Lord Jehovih comes in strength. He will feed his flock like a shepherd, Isaiah 40:3, 5, 10-11.

A child is born for us, a son is given to us, whose name is Wonderful, Counsellor, God, Hero, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of peace, Isaiah 9:6.

Behold, the days will come when I shall raise up for David a righteous shoot, who will reign as king. And this is his name, Jehovah our righteousness, Jeremiah 23:5-6; 33:15-16.

Jehovah Zebaoth is his name and the Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. He will be called the God of the whole earth, Isaiah 54:5.

On that day Jehovah will be king over the whole earth; on that day Jehovah will be one, and His name one, Zechariah 14:9.

On hearing and understanding this my heart leaped for joy and I went home rejoicing; and there I came back from the state of the spirit into that of the body, in which state I wrote down these things I had seen and heard.

Footnotes:

1. This section is repeated with slight modification from Conjugial Love 81.

  
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