Declarations of Faith
and Purpose
the rev. brett d. buick
New Tripoli, Pennsylvania
I believe that the Lord God Jesus Christ reigns whose kingdom shall be for
ages and ages. (True Christian Religion 791)
I believe that the Heavenly Doctrine revealed by the Lord through
Emanuel Swedenborg is the Second Advent of the Lord and the internal sense
of the Sacred Scripture. (See Ecclesiastic History of the New Church 7-8; True
Christian Religion 776, 779)
I believe that the Lord’s purpose for creation is a heaven from the human
race. (Divine Providence 27)
I believe that the Lord leaves us in freedom to choose good or evil according
to reason and that we are responsible for our free choices (Ibid. 78), and that if
on earth, we repent for the evil we do choose, the Lord will save us from hell
and we will live to eternity in heaven. (See True Christian Religion 522)
I believe that the marriage of one man and one wife is the precious jewel
of human life and the repository of the Christian religion. (Conjugial Love 457)
I believe that if a priest is in the good of the priesthood, which is to care for
the salvation of souls, to teach the way to heaven, and to lead those whom he
teaches, then in proportion as he is in this good he acquires the truths which
he may teach, and by means of which he may lead. (Life 39)
I believe that the Lord has called me to be a priest in the priesthood of the
New Church.
Lord, help me be firm and be very courageous, help me to observe to do
according to all the law, which Moses Thy servant commanded. Help me turn
not aside from it to the right hand or to the left. (Joshua 1:7)
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