SWEDENBORG, EMANUEL


Meaning of SWEDENBORG, EMANUEL in English

(1688-1772) Swedish scientist and engineer turned philosopher and religious thinker who was influenced by dreams and visions; started Church of the New Jerusalem; Swedenborgianism follows from his view: 1. neo-Platonic idea that universe and man not created by God but emanated from Him 2. monopersonal Trinity 3. example theory of atonement belief in second chance during intermediate state

Theological and philosophical biography English dict.      Английский словарь богословской и философской биографии .