I am sending herewith 10 copies of my published treatise De Amore Conjugiali with the Herr Dr. may sell, as occasion offers, at 9 daler, Kop. Myt per copy. This book is in great demand in Paris and in man places in Germany.

Of the last published work, namely, Summaria Expositio Doctrinae Novae Ecclesiae, I am sending only a single copy,* which the Her Doctor will kindly keep for himself alone and not share it with any one; for it makes a change in the whole theology which is now present in Christendom, and sets forth in some measure the theology which will come to be the theology of the New Church. What is written therein, hardly any one in Gothenburg will understand fundamentally save the Herr Doctor. This little treatise has been sent to all the professors and clergymen in the whole of Holland, and has already reached the foremost universities in Germany. Moreover, it will be turned into English** in London, and will also be published in Paris. Therefore it must wait for judgment concerning it from abroad before being made generally known in Sweden. Until then, therefore, keep it for yourself alone. On April 26 I go to Paris and remain with all fond affection,

the most Rev. Herr Doctor's obedient servant and faithful friend, Em. Swedenborg

Amsterdam April 23, 1769

[P.S.] In the little work last sent as also in my previous writings, I do not understand a Son of God born from eternity but the Son of God conceived and born in the world, in whom is the Divine Trinity. In the Apostles' Creed which was the Apostolic Church's Confession of Faith, no other Son of God is mentioned; neither is any other meant in the Gospels, Luke 1:32, 35; Matt. 3:17, 17:5; John 20:31; 1st Epistle of John 5:20, 21. But the Nicene Council afterwards took on a Son of God from eternity and added one more person as God. The reason for this was that they found no other way to repel the errors of Arius, and it is in respect to this teaching especially, that the Church of today asserts that the understanding must be withdrawn and concealed in a blind faith; but as to whether it falls within man's comprehension so to interpret these words, this, one should be able to see in no. 117 and then no. 44.

* See letter to Dr. Beyer, March 15, 1769. ** The English translation by Marchant was published at Swedenborg's expense in 1769.