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Notes on the Teachings of the Word concerning Divorce

Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:27:40 +0000

It is needful for the Church to consider the interior causes of the laws of divorce given in the Word. By this all may come to a deeper understanding and love of the Conjugial, and of the uses of marriage, and hy this the Church may he protected against doubts and false reasonings about […]

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Statement concerning divorce

Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:15:00 +0000

Statement as to the Principle Concerning Divorce In relation to the law of divorce it is clearly stated in the Word as follows: The only cause of divorce is confirmed adultery. (C.L.255, 468). That even though there be colds in relation to the Conjugial, and thus separation of minds, nevertheless matrimonies in the world […]

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Conjugial Love (paper by Rev. Theodore Pitcairn)

Sat, 07 Nov 2015 14:47:46 +0000

Rev. Theodore Pitcairn August, 1965 Concerning the sixth state of the formation of the Church we read: “The life of Charity, acquired by the conjugial of the true of the natural in the sphere of the Lord’s Divine Human with the affection of the true of the Word and of Doctrine in the human […]

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Sodomy and Homosexuality, in the light of the Word (updated 2)

Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:58:33 +0000

Since there is a growing lack of light on these simple matters, there is a need to consider this subject in greater detail. Yet, if you are clear, that these things are contrary to the Divine Spiritual and Natural Order, you’d rather skip this page. The nature of sodomy, homosexuality cannot be known, unless […]

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Statement about sodomy

Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:35:52 +0000

Lord’s New Church which is Nova Hierosolyma Statement about Sodomy September 16,1988 Bryn Athyn, Pa. The International Interior Council and the International Council of Priests in joint meetings have considered the position of those in the Church who are practising sodomy. They present the following things for your consideration. In the Church all things have […]

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“Thou shalt not commit adultery”

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:20:11 +0000

To understand this commandment, not to commit adultery, we must understand the origin of adultery, and in order to understand the origin of adultery we must understand the nature of the marriage between husband and wife. We read: “There is the truth of good and good from truth from that or truth from good […]

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Abortion

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:23:11 +0000

In the past year abortion was made legal in the United States by decision of the Supreme Court. The legalization of abortion has taken place or is about to take place in many other formerly Christian countries. By this action the civil laws protecting the lives of unborn children have been removed. The right or […]

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Conjugial Love and the Love of Uses

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:19:31 +0000

“That there is love truly Conjugial which is so rare at this day that it is not known what it is and scarcely that it is?” Does ’’this day” apply to us? There have always been in the world hundreds of thousands of what are called happy marriages. We must therefore make a distinction between […]

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THE WAY LEADING TO CONJUGIAL LOVE

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:01:24 +0000

An Address by the Rev. Theodore Pitcairn, delivered before the Assembly of the Lord’s New Church which is Nova Hierosolyma, June 16th, 1946 (Before delivering this address Mr. Pitcairn read to the Assembly the article “The Nineteenth of June 1935″ by Mr. Groeneveld, printed in the Sixth Fascicle of Do Hemelsche Leer, pps. 33-360) We read: […]

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View of the church on the changing moralities of the world regarding sex

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:15:06 +0000

In the history of the so-called Christian world there have been many changes with regard to the morals of the peoples in relation to marriage and sex. There have been times when a very strict moral sense prevailed, and there have been times when there was scarcely any moral sense. There have been all […]

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