Some Teachings Concerning Angels
A sample from the theological writings of Emanuel Swedenborg
Angels of Heaven
People are born to become angels.
Heaven and Hell 315
Heaven and Hell are from the human race. In Heaven are those who lived in the world in heavenly love and belief.
Heaven and Hell 311
Heaven is such that all who have lived well, of whatever religion, have a place there.
Divine Providence 330
People are in equilibrium. They are in freedom to accept good and it's truth from heaven or evil and it's falsity from hell.
Heaven and Hell 537
The purpose of the creation of the universe is an angelic heaven from the human race.
Divine Love and Wisdom 329
Every angel is being perfected in wisdom to eternity.
Divine Providence 334
The Lord's divine providence has for it's object a heaven from the human race.
Divine Providence 27
Angels with us
When angels are with people they dwell as it were in their affections; and they are near in the degree the people are in good.
Heaven and Hell 391
There are two angels with each one of us, one to affect what is of our will and the other what is of our understanding.
Arcana Coelestia 5978
Angels from the Lord lead and protect us every moment and every moment of every moment.
Arcana Coelestia 5992
Angels are assigned to infants by the Lord, to care for them.
True Christian Religion 677
Evil spirits cannot approach little children.... with little children there are only good spirits and angels.
Arcana Coelestia 5857
Angels are sent to people to watch over them and to lead them away from evil affections and thoughts and inspire them with good affections as far as they will receive them in freedom.
Heaven and Hell 391
The Life Of Angels
In the entire heaven all have the same language. Angels can express in a moment what a human cannot in half an hour.
Heaven and Hell 236
Angels are in the most complete human form and enjoy every sense.
Heaven and Hell 170
In heaven, delights of marriage advance toward heaven into greater blessedness and happiness.
Heaven and Hell 386
The joys of heaven and eternal happiness are from love and wisdom and the conjunction of these in usefulness.
Conjugial Love 10
All in heaven take joy in sharing their delights and blessings with others.
Heaven and Hell 399
Those that are in heaven are continually advancing toward the springtime of life. To grow old in heaven is to grow young.
Heaven and Hell 414
Everyone is instructed after death by angels.
True Christian Religion 255
The Life Of Heaven
Angels who are in the same good and truth recognize each other, as relatives by blood and marriage do on earth.
Heaven and Hell 205
Heavenly joy is so great as to be beyond description.
Heaven and Hell 409
In heaven, as on earth, there are many forms of service. It is impossible to enumerate the employments of heaven.
Heaven and Hell 387
Every angel is an angel according to usefulness.
Conjugial Love 207
Everyone who dies in infancy enters heaven, is brought up and instructed there and becomes an angel.
Divine Providence 324
In heaven the angels live as men and women, and have dwellings that differ according to each one's state of life.
Heaven and Hell 183
Heaven is conjunction with the Lord.
Divine Providence 20
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