new church life: march/april 2017
The Rev. Eric H. Carswell is pastor of the Bryn Athyn Church.
He has previously been pastor of the Glenview, Illinois, and
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, societies and head of their schools;
Dean of the Bryn Athyn College Theological School; regional
pastor for the Northeastern United States; Vice Chancellor of
the Academy of the New Church; and Bishop’s Representative
for Education for the Academy and General Church Schools.
He and his wife, Donna (Zeitz), live in Huntingdon Valley,
Pennsylvania. Contact: [email protected]
O U R N E W C H U RC H V O C A B U L A R Y
Part of a continuing series developed by the Rev. W. Cairns Henderson, 1961-1966.
THE INTELLECTUAL
The intellectual is the truth of faith. In general it is the sight of the internal man,
which sees from the light of heaven that is from the Lord. What it sees is heavenly. The
term is used also of the understanding. (See Arcana Coelestia 863, 5114, 8458.)
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