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Arcana Cœlestia

Arcana Cœlestia
Emanuel Swedenborg Original title Arcana Cœlestia quæ in Scriptura Sacra, seu Verbo Domini sunt, detecta (Latin, 1756)

The Arcana Cœlestia, quae in Scriptura Sacra seu Verbo Domini sunt, detecta, usually abbreviated as Arcana Cœlestia or under its Latin variant, Arcana Cælestia, is the first and largest work published by Emanuel Swedenborg in his theological period. It was written and published in Neo-Latin, in eight volumes, one volume per year, from 1749 to 1756.


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“Angels never attack, as infernal spirits do. Angels only ward off and defend.”

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