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Swedenborgianism

Swedenborgianism

1 9.9
A Christian religion based on Emanuel Swedenborg's teachings that reads the Bible spiritually and teaches life after death
  • noun
  • /ˌswidənˈbɔrɡənˌɪzəm/
: sueco-borgianismo
  • In discussing life after death, he often referenced Swedenborgianism and its unique beliefs about the afterlife.

Examples

  • The principles of Swedenborgianism teach that understanding the Bible requires a spiritual interpretation rather than a literal one.

  • The basis of Johnny's Swedenborgianism was a doctrine of correspondences that assumed "coexisting spiritual and natural worlds" (Price, Johnny 137).

    Academic text (2012)

  • Many followers of Swedenborgianism believe in the connection between the spiritual realm and our everyday lives.

Synonyms

Swedenborgian
vsSwedenborgianism
1 9.9

Relating to the beliefs or writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

is the organized religious movement and beliefs built on those teachings

Surface Forms

Swedenborgianism singular
Swedenborgianisms plural

Morphology

Swedenborgianism = Swedenborgian (transparent) = Swedenborg + ian + ism

The suffix '-ism' regularly forms names of doctrines or movements from an adjective or name, so the derivation 'Swedenborgian' → 'Swedenborgianism' is straightforward.

Etymology

Swedenborgianism comes from the name Emanuel Swedenborg, an 18th-century Swedish thinker, and the endings -ian ('person connected to') and -ism ('belief or movement'), like in vegetarian and Buddhism. So, Swedenborgianism means the religious beliefs and movement connected to Swedenborg's teachings.