Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Howard. Thanks for the lesson. Yes this is a Swedenborgian church. I'm surprised you are familiar with the writings. In the US there are only about 5000 members of "The New Church". The main church in the US is here in Bryn Athyn, PA. I am not a member but live only two miles or so from the Cathedral. As part of the church is the grammar, high school and college on the same property. There is also a museum on the property which was the home of the Pitcairn family who funded the building of the cathedral. Thanks for looking and for the lesson. Len On Mar 17, 2009, at 11:48 PM, Howard Ritter wrote: > The Latin phrase just above the door is a quotation from > Swedenborg: "That one may now enter intellectually into the > mysteries of faith", or "So you may now enter with your intellect > into the mystery of faith", or some similar colloquial translation. > More literally, word by word, "Now [nunc, adverb] let one be > permitted [licet, third person singular present tense subjunctive, > a root of the English word license] intellectually > [intellectualiter, adverb] to enter [intrare, infinitive] into [in] > the mysteries [arcana, plural, cognate of English arcane and > arcana] of faith [fidei, singular genitive case third declension > noun]. > > I hope you're taking notes. Test at the end of the chapter. > > Is this a Swedenborgian church? > > My Greek isn't so good, though. Nonexistent. > > --howard > > > On Mar 17, 2009, at 10:25 PM, Leonard Taupier wrote: > >> I think a mixture of both. >> >> Intricate work above a Catherdal door. >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/TMax400/ >> Cathedral_Door.jpg.html> >> >> http://tinyurl.com/d8o8lg >> >> View large to see inscription. >> >> Nikon FA in program mode >> AIS 28mm f2.0 Nikkor >> >> Tmax400 in Xtol 1:1 >> >> Comments welcome. >> >> Len >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information