New Jerusalem Church

American  

noun

1. the church composed of the followers of Swedenborg; the Swedenborgian church.

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New Jerusalem Church British  

noun

1. Often shortened to: New Church.  a sect founded in 1787, based on Swedenborgianism

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Example Sentences

“I left the Baltimore area and came home and established a church. Really, my mother, Catherine, was the founder of the church, New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ Jesus on the North Road,” Carr said, referring to the church which has since relocated to the Cordova Road.

From Washington Times

Edward MacKenzie Jr. is the former director of operations at the Boston Society of the New Jerusalem Church, whose members belong to the Swedenborgian denomination.

From Washington Times

Swedenborg made no attempt to found a sect; but after his death, his followers, in 1788, formed themselves into a society under the denomination of “The New Jerusalem Church.”

From Project Gutenberg

At Cincinnati he soon found many congenial spirits, among the first of whom was Daniel Roe, minister of the "New Jerusalem Church," a society of the followers of Swedenborg.

From Project Gutenberg

As Dr. Lemuel C. Belding, the active projector of this enterprise, and several other gentlemen who have united their farms to form the domain, are members of the New Jerusalem church, it may be fairly presumed that the Leraysville Phalanx will be owned mostly by members of that religious connection; although other persons desirous of living in charity with their neighbors, will by no means be excluded, but on the contrary be freely admitted to the common privileges of membership.

From Project Gutenberg