Emanuel Swedenborg
n.
(1668-1773) Swedish scientist and theologian
Emanuel Swedenborg
(born Emanuel Swedberg;
February 8, 1688–
March 29,
1772) was a
Swedish scientist,
philosopher,
Christian mystic, and
theologian. Swedenborg had a prolific career as an inventor and scientist. At the age of fifty-six he entered into a spiritual phase, in which he experienced dreams and visions. This culminated in a spiritual awakening, where he claimed he was appointed by the Lord to write a heavenly doctrine to reform Christianity. He claimed that the Lord had opened his eyes, so that from then on he could freely visit
heaven and
hell, and talk with
angels,
demons, and other
spirits. For the remaining 28 years of his life, he wrote and published 18 theological works, of which the best known was
Heaven and Hell (1758) , and several unpublished theological works.
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Emanuel Swedenborg
Noun
1. Swedish theologian (1688-1772)
(synonym) Swedenborg, Svedberg, Emanuel Svedberg
(hypernym) theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser