The New Church (Swedenborgianism)

Denomination·Founded 1787 CE·The organised New Church has never been large — the two North American bodies together count in the thousands, with additional congregations in Britain, Ghana, South Africa, Korea and Japan; growth is African rather than Western. No consolidated figure is published. Swedenborg's readership has always vastly exceeded the church's membership, which is the movement's standing peculiarity.

Judaism → Christianity → Catholicism → Protestantism → The New Church (Swedenborgianism)

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How to Live

the ethic — what it asks of a life
Charity is doing your job well. The doctrine of use holds that the life of religion is to do good, that good means genuine usefulness to others, and that the primary form of it is the honest, skilled performance of one's ordinary occupation. Almsgiving is a small part of charity and can be a substitute for it. Go deeper — context →
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