BE 1 - What the Brief Exposition Is

 BE 1

Several works and tracts having been published by me,
during some years past, concerning the New Jerusalem,
by which is meant the New Church
about to be established by the Lord;
and the book of Revelation having been revealed,
I have come to a determination to bring to light
the entire doctrine of that church in its fullness.
But, as this is a work of some years,
I have thought it advisable
to draw up some sketch thereof,
in order that a general idea may first be formed
of that church and its doctrine . . ..
This compendium, however,
is not designed for critical examination,
but is only offered to the world by way of information,
as its contents will be fully demonstrated in the work itself.


BE = A Brief Exposition

Full title: 
A Brief Exposition of the
Doctrine of the New Church
Which is Meant by
The New Jerusalem in the Apocalypse