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

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 • Oct. 21, 2014

In 1872 he accepted the position of organist at the New Jerusalem Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was also appointed teacher in the Conservatory of Miss Bauer.

From The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)

The Church of England might well take a lesson from the Quakers or from the New Jerusalem Church, a religious community founded on the writings of that great mystic, Emanuel Swedenborg.

From Modern marriage and how to bear it by Braby, Maud Churton

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 History of American Socialisms by Noyes, John Humphrey

In the Mall there is New Jerusalem Church, with an imposing portico.

From The Kensington District The Fascination of London by Besant, Walter, Sir