The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-07
The Battle of ths Tleol0g;ans-Am Ausyyc,
to ~Westcrn Cathsiic.o


To THE EDITOR or THE HEaALD:-
Your western Cathollcn correspondent Is mig
taken whea he supposes that all the articles he names
were written by the same pen; bat he alluces to
two OF my articles 1t may not be ainiss for me to re-
spond. FRS. he THINKS 1 '.hold az strong broad
church Views Bishop Coenso, Of Natal or the late
Theodore Parker, OF Boston," To satisfy him az
to the breadth OF some of my views, VIII simply
say that believe that the Lords promise was good
when lie declared, ''oeek and ye shall fnd.n In
accordance with 1t l believe that all men and
woman in every church AMI sect, and out OF them,
in heather as Wen as in Christian lands, who, laying
aside all sectarian preudlces sincerely seek to know
the Lord and to love Him, and to know their duty
to their fellow men and TO do It, according to the
highest light they are able to obtain after diligently
searching and striving TO show that which is evil
as SIN against God and to do right loving their fell
low men, VIII flnay reach heaven and happiness.
on the other han q, do not believe that any one
l. on the road when leads to heaven no matter TO
hat church or sect 10 belongs who does not do
this, but blndly pins his iaith on the skirts OF
q church or man, ana having eyes VIII SEQ
not, AMI ears will hear not. Sucn are ike
those OF old, WHO accepted the teachings
OF tie jewish priesthood WITHOUT "erittcat examna-
tioaa aud searcnilg 0f the trutao ~ Tor pearl OF
great price, but eSpectsd - reach heaven without
yIDg elors 70 Know and live according 10 tne
truth
western Catnoi;n inquiries, s'Can we explain the
Trini5ri Certainly not, II we folsake the doctrines
the "lrss centnrgn-that Tod - one and that N
our lord anQ saviour jesus Christ dwelesh ali the
fJess Of The Goilead bodily; that He WAS God mani
fest IN HE ncsh-and substute Tor this smpIe falib
the dognas OF a contaminated cnurch which divides
God INTO ttiTea reisons aud writes 'mystery'' 10
silence al! inquiries. But, says western Cathoicn
''fo say that emanuel Swedsahorg, wuo dIsbceysi
la tle Trinity, WAC chosen agent by God 10 reveal
divine secrets - 10 say tlat tnis age Is nbecien
IL IS evident that this Western correspondent
needs tCle enlighlenlnx. Let him read the fol
loving nasty synopsis OF me doctrines revealed by
tue Lord taronVh Swedenoorg, and compare Them
with ,ho5c Of the Catholic Church. aud thea ne VIII
know whether Swcdelborg denies the Trinity OF
not, and viii be better qualified TO judge whether
belief III the doctrines IS a manifest evidence OF
imbecillty:-
COD is in csserce aaf in person, in whom there ia dis
net and essential trinity called N ine word ine Father son
and the Only object OF Worshp aud In order TO be saved
inan6uenis looking linn assistance
acknowed thai all lie and salvation fro HIM
The sacred scriptures are special revelations from
God to man. ana not only have literal sense, but
they have Spiritual sense within the literal, rs
mans Spirits within bis body. The FIRST CHRISTIAN
Church mas come TO is end, and now IL tie time Of
the second coming OF the LORD, foretold IN Matthew
aud the establishment OF now Church, s.gniied by
the New Jerusalem IN Revelations. AS His first
| coming was not as the Jewish Church expected,
fron tnelr interpretations or the prophecies so His
second coming mas not ueen al the Christian Church
expected--u0t visible appearance on cartn--but
new disclosure OF Divine truta and the PRONUNCIATION
OF ude Christian doctrines through chosen human
| instrument, Emanuel SwedenDorg, VINO was
specially instructed m these doctrines and cOmmiS
| stoned 10 publish them 10 the word.
ms life IL but tho beginning OF an endless life;
every word deed and thought hero VIII tell our
eternal destiny, this being preparation for the
hereafter the resurrection taking place al the death
| OF the BODY, when the real man rises and after q
prepa auon In an intermediate state, dwelis forever
| IN heaven or hell according TO the character ac-
| CURED ON carth-man's ruling love governing his
/ destiny.
The spiritual world IL NOS distant from this, but IA
| as near 1t as our soul Ia 10 our body, or, IN other
words, IN orect connection with it, and wo are al
| ways In Immediate communion with angels and
spirits, although nos conscious OF IT,
II tie above doctrines are rue as the writer most
sincerely believes, then the Catnoc church having
come TO its end, has ceased to the LORDS church
| on earb. is II strange mat such a church snonc
| Jerusacmp But its central power IN the spirt.al
| world having boon oycfthrown Ut the time o. the
last Judgment In 1871, even the EcuDeDice, Cfdncli,
which IS ABOUT 20 assemble, cannot stay - hhal
overthrow on earth; but by iLs acts Il viii make ~
manifest 10 mutltudes, who do not now SO ~ tnat
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