When they enter the church, and even more when they climb the stairs into the pulpit, I know that the people meant by Lucifer in Isaiah — the people … - Emmanuel Swedenborg

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When they enter the church, and even more when they climb the stairs into the pulpit, I know that the people meant by Lucifer in Isaiah — the people of Babylon, especially those who named themselves the Society of Jesus — are overcome with passion. For many of them that passion comes from a hellish love. They raise their voices more vehemently and draw sighs from their chests more deeply than those whose passion comes from a heavenly love.

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About Emmanuel Swedenborg

Emanuel Swedenborg (29 January 1688 – 29 March 1772) was a Swedish philosopher, mystic, and scientist.

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