Page:The Swedenborg Library Vol 3.djvu/148

This page needs to be proofread.
142
THE SWEDENBORG LIBRARY.


SALVATION IN WHATSOEVER RELIGION.

From what has been said it is evident that a man may be saved whatever be his religion. For he is acquainted with evils, and from evils with falsities, which are to be shunned; and when he shuns them, he knows the goods which ought to be done and the truths which ought to be believed.

Since, therefore, every one of every religion is acquainted with evils which ought to be shunned, and from evils with falsities, and while he shuns them is acquainted with the goods which ought to be done and the truths which ought to be believed, it is evident that this is provided of the Lord as a universal medium of salvation with every nation that has any religion. This is given in all fulness among Christians; and it is likewise given, although not in fulness, among Mahometans and Gentiles. Other things which cause discrimination, are either ceremonious, which are indifferent, or are goods which may be done or not done, or are truths which may be believed or not believed, and yet man be saved.

A Mahometan sees from the Alcoran that God is one, that the Lord is the Son of God, that all good is from God, that there is a heaven and a hell, that there is a life after death, and that the evils mentioned in the precepts of the decalogue ought to be shunned: if be does these things, he also believes them and is saved.

A Gentile sees from his religious principle that there

This article is issued from Wikisource. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.