Restorationism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Swedenborgians=== [[File:Bryn Athyn Cathedral - panoramio.jpg|thumb|[[Bryn Athyn Cathedral]], the episcopal seat of the [[General Church of the New Jerusalem]], a [[Swedenborgian]] Christian denomination]] [[The New Church (Swedenborgian)|The New Church]] was founded on the basis of the theology of [[Emanuel Swedenborg]].<ref name="Spinks2017"/> As such, it is often known as the Swedenborgian Church.<ref name="Spinks2017"/> The New Church's view of God is that "Jesus is God incarnate, not (as certain interpretations of the traditional Christian trinity contend) an emanation of the Godhead."<ref name="Gallagher2021"/> The New Church propounds the doctrine of [[Correspondence (theology)|Correspondence]], which teaches that "Every word or fact of the Bible corresponded to a spiritual truth or mystical truth."<ref name="Gallagher2021">{{cite book |last1=Gallagher |first1=Eugene V. |last2=Willsky-Ciollo |first2=Lydia |title=New Religions: Emerging Faiths and Religious Cultures in the Modern World |date=15 February 2021 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=979-8-216-12291-3 |language=en}}</ref> Additionally, The New Church teaches that "Objects in the physical world have spiritual correspondences."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nelson |first1=Paul |title=Virginia Street Swedenborgian Church |url=https://saintpaulhistorical.com/items/show/120 |publisher=Saint Paul Church |access-date=2 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page