Emanuel Swedenborg
Emanuel Swedenborg (Swadish pronunciation (help·info); born Emanuel Swedberg on 29 Januar 1688;[1] dee'd 29 Mairch 1772) wis a Swadish scientist, philosopher, theologian, revelator, an mystic.[2] He is best kent for his beuk on the efterlife, Heiven an Hell (1758).[3][4]
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Portrait o Swedenborg bi Carl Frederik von Breda. | |
Born | Emanuel Swedberg 29 Januar 1688 Stockholm, Swaden |
Dee'd | 29 Mairch 1772 Lunnon, Ingland, Great Breetain | (aged 84)
Eddication | Uppsala Varsity |
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Era | 18th-century |
Tradeetion or movement | Lutheranism |
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eedit- ↑ 29 Januar 9 Auld Style 8 Februar New Style
- ↑ Swedenborg, Emanuel. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 9 September 2011. and the Encyclopedia of Religion (1987), which starts its article with the description that he was a "Swedish scientist and mystic." Others have not used the term, e.g. Williams-Hogan, Jane (2005) in Encyclopedia of Religion Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ↑ "Swedenborg, E. ''Heaven and its Wonders and Hell. From Things Heard and Seen'' (Swedenborg Foundation, 1946)". Swedenborgdigitallibrary.org. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ↑ Bergquist, Preface (pp. 15–16)