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General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America

Short Name: General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America
Full Name: General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America

General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America; also known as General Convention of Swedenborgian Churches, Swedenborgian Church, General Convention, New Church, and Church of the New Jerusalem; spiritualist Christian church based on the theological works of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772); formally org. in England in 1787; Swedenborg’s works intro. U.S. 1784; 1800s first church built; in 1890 group split into two: General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America and the General Church of the New Jerusalem (headquartered in Bryn Athyn, Pa.


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