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- adjective Of or pertaining to Emanuel Swedenborg (born Emanuel Swedberg in 1688),
Swedish scientist ,philosopher ,Christian mystic andtheologian .
Etymologies
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Examples
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'Yes, yes -- I forgot the horrid name -- a Swedenborgian, that is it.
Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843
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His mother was a Swedenborgian six years older than her husband.
Robert Frost 2010
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The great man of letters William Dean Howells wrote in "Stories of Ohio" 1897 that if Chapman was right in his Swedenborgian belief that we are encircled by spirits that reflect our own behavior, then "this harmless, loving, uncouth, half-crazy man walked daily with the angels of God."
A Pro-Growth Strategy Bill Kauffman 2011
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He was a Swedenborgian mystic and freelance theologian, as interested in psychic phenomena as radical egalitarian politics.
William James, part 1: A religious man for our times Mark Vernon 2010
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Johnny Appleseed, whose real name was John Chapman, did not graft any of the apples he brought with him on his treks westward from New England, because his Swedenborgian Church viewed grafting exactly as many religions today view genetic engineering: only God could create an apple.
Beyond the McIntosh 2008
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Johnny Appleseed, whose real name was John Chapman, did not graft any of the apples he brought with him on his treks westward from New England, because his Swedenborgian Church viewed grafting exactly as many religions today view genetic engineering: only God could create an apple.
Beyond the McIntosh 2008
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Johnny Appleseed, whose real name was John Chapman, did not graft any of the apples he brought with him on his treks westward from New England, because his Swedenborgian Church viewed grafting exactly as many religions today view genetic engineering: only God could create an apple.
Beyond the McIntosh 2008
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Is there still time before Tuesday for a look at the Swedenborgian vote?
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She wasn't a Christian or Jew or any of the major religions, and spoke about that--but she's also sometimes associated with Swedenborgian beliefs, so maybe it's just a case where everybody wants to claim Helen Keller.
Disability and Freethinking Kay Olson 2008
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The 1893 World Parliament of Religions was suggested by a Swedenborgian lawyer (Chryssides, 1998: 75), and was co-organised by the Free Religious Association, founded in 1867 by a group of Unitarians who affirmed that a universal spirit underlay all historic faiths (Hill, undated: 16).
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