Faith34.普遍概念或形式上的基督信仰如下:永恒之主,也就是耶和华,降世征服地狱,并荣耀祂的人身;若非如此,没有人能得救;凡信祂的人都得救。
34. THE following is the [true] Christian faith in one all-encompassing view:
The Lord from eternity, who is Jehovah, came into the world to gain control over the hells and to glorify his human nature. Without this no human being could have been saved; and those are saved who believe in him.
34. Christian Faith in a Universal Formula
Christian faith in a universal formula is as follows: That the Lord from eternity, who is Jehovah, came into the world to conquer the hells and glorify His humanity. That without this, no mortal could have been saved. And that those are saved who believe in Him.
34. IV. The Christian faith in its universal idea
The Christian faith in its universal idea is this: The Lord from eternity, who is Jehovah, came into the world to subjugate the hells and to glorify His Human; and without this no mortal could have been saved; and they are saved who believe on Him.
34. THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ITS UNIVERSAL IDEA OR FORM. 1
The Christian Faith in its universal idea or form is this: The Lord from eternity, who is Jehovah, came into the world to subdue the hells, and to glorify His Human; and without this no mortal could have been saved; and they are saved who believe in Him.
Footnotes:
1. The Latin word idea is evidently used here in its original Greek sense of form. See the True Christian Religion 2), where Swedenborg in exactly the same connection uses the word forma instead of idea. [TR.]
34. (IV.) FIDES CHRISTIANA IN UNIVERSALI IDEA.
Fides Christiana in universali idea, haec est:- "Quod Dominus ab aeterno, qui est Jehovah, in mundum venerit, ut subjugaret Inferna, et glorificaret Humanum suum; et quod absque eo nemo mortalium salvari potuerit; et quod salventur qui credunt in Ipsum."