New Church
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The New Church is a Christian religious movement based on the theological writings and spiritual visions of Emanuel Swedenborg, emphasizing inner spiritual meaning in Scripture and a rational understanding of faith.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Swedenborgian Church of North America | 4 |
| New Church canonical | 2 |
| New Church (Swedenborgian) | 2 |
| Swedenborgian Church | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7243528 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Church Context triple: [Emanuel Swedenborg, influenced, New Church]
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New Church
New Church is a historic Protestant church in The Hague, Netherlands, known for its 17th-century architecture and role in Dutch religious and civic life.
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New Church
The New Church is a historic Gothic-style Protestant church in Delft, Netherlands, renowned for its tall tower and as the traditional burial place of the Dutch royal family.
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New Church
New Church is a historic Protestant church in Middelburg, Netherlands, known for its notable architecture and cultural significance.
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New Church
New Church is a Protestant church in Emden, Germany, known for its historical significance within the region’s Reformed religious tradition.
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E.
Universalist Church of America
The Universalist Church of America was a historic liberal Christian denomination in the United States that emphasized universal salvation and later merged into what became the Unitarian Universalist movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Church Target entity description: The New Church is a Christian religious movement based on the theological writings and spiritual visions of Emanuel Swedenborg, emphasizing inner spiritual meaning in Scripture and a rational understanding of faith.
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A.
New Church
New Church is a historic Protestant church in The Hague, Netherlands, known for its 17th-century architecture and role in Dutch religious and civic life.
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B.
New Church
The New Church is a historic Gothic-style Protestant church in Delft, Netherlands, renowned for its tall tower and as the traditional burial place of the Dutch royal family.
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C.
New Church
New Church is a historic Protestant church in Middelburg, Netherlands, known for its notable architecture and cultural significance.
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D.
New Church
New Church is a Protestant church in Emden, Germany, known for its historical significance within the region’s Reformed religious tradition.
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E.
Universalist Church of America
The Universalist Church of America was a historic liberal Christian denomination in the United States that emphasized universal salvation and later merged into what became the Unitarian Universalist movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian religious movement
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denomination within Christianity ⓘ |
| accepts | Bible as Word of God ⓘ |
| basedOn |
spiritual visions of Emanuel Swedenborg
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theological writings of Emanuel Swedenborg ⓘ |
| considersItself | restoration of true Christianity ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
correspondences between natural and spiritual realities
ⓘ
inner spiritual meaning of Scripture ⓘ rational understanding of faith ⓘ |
| foundedOnTeachingsOf | Emanuel Swedenborg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givesSpecialStatusTo |
Book of Revelation
NERFINISHED
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New Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governanceFormIncludes |
episcopal elements in some branches
ⓘ
synodical structures in some branches ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Church of the New Jerusalem
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swedenborgian Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBranch |
General Church of the New Jerusalem
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
General Convention of the New Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ Swedenborgian Church of North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCommunityIn |
Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Lutheran background of Emanuel Swedenborg ⓘ |
| languageOfEarlyWritings | Latin ⓘ |
| liturgicalPracticeIncludes |
Holy Supper (communion)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
baptism ⓘ marriage ceremonies ⓘ |
| originatedInCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| originatedInRegion | Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rejects | doctrine of faith alone without works ⓘ |
| stresses |
ethical living as expression of faith
ⓘ
regeneration as a lifelong spiritual process ⓘ |
| teaches |
God is one in person and essence
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Jesus Christ is the one God incarnate NERFINISHED ⓘ Scripture has an inner spiritual sense beyond the literal meaning ⓘ faith and charity must be joined in life ⓘ heaven and hell are states of life and community ⓘ human beings have spiritual freedom ⓘ life after death in spiritual worlds ⓘ marriage can continue in heaven as conjugial love ⓘ |
| theologyCharacterizedAs |
Christian
NERFINISHED
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non‑Trinitarian in the traditional sense ⓘ |
| uses | writings of Emanuel Swedenborg as doctrinal authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| viewsEmanuelSwedenborgAs |
revelator
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theologian ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: New Church Description of subject: The New Church is a Christian religious movement based on the theological writings and spiritual visions of Emanuel Swedenborg, emphasizing inner spiritual meaning in Scripture and a rational understanding of faith.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Wayfarers Chapel
this entity surface form:
Swedenborgian Church
subject surface form:
Wayfarers Chapel
this entity surface form:
Swedenborgian Church of North America
subject surface form:
Wayfarers Chapel
this entity surface form:
Swedenborgian Church
this entity surface form:
Swedenborgian Church of North America
this entity surface form:
New Church (Swedenborgian)
this entity surface form:
Swedenborgian Church of North America
this entity surface form:
Swedenborgian Church of North America
this entity surface form:
New Church (Swedenborgian)