Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction
1—The Five Ages
2—The Nature of the Church
3—The Most Ancient Church
Marriage Love in the Golden Age: Conjugial Love §75
4—The Ancient Churches
Marriage Love in the Silver Age: Conjugial Love §76
5—The Second Ancient Church
Marriage Love in the Bronze Age: Conjugial Love §77
6—The Israelite and Jewish Churches
Sexual Relations in the Iron Age: Conjugial Love §78
7—The Christian Church
Sexual Relations in Later Times: Conjugial Love §79
8—The New Church
Endnotes
Appendix: World Age Patterns
Index of Quotations from the Works of Swedenborg
Select Bibliography
Index