1688-1772. Swedish theologian and
philosopher. He trained as a scientist, but
from 1747 concentrated on scriptural study,
and in Divine Love and Wisdom 1763 concluded
that the Last Judgment had taken place in
1757, and that the New Church, of which he
was the prophet, had now been inaugurated.
His writings are the scriptures of the sect
popularly known as Swedenborgians, and his
works are kept in circulation by the
Swedenborg Society, London.