Rules of the Adelaide Society of the New Church |
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| Title : | Rules of the Adelaide Society of the New Church |
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| Source : | Collected pamphlets on Christian churches and sects, vol. 1 | ||
| Date of creation : | 1858 | ||
| Format : | Pamphlet | ||
| Dimensions : | 170 x 110 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
Jacob Pitman (brother to Isaac Pitman, inventor of a form of shorthand) arrived in Adelaide in 1838. In 1844 he arranged the first public worship service of the New Church in the Southern Hemisphere at his home in Rundle Street. The 'Church of the New Jerusalem' or Swedenborgian Church is based on the writings of Emanuel Swendenborg, who experienced a series of visions in the 1740s. The first New Church was founded in London in 1787. Jacob Pitman was ordained a minister of the church in Adelaide and, with others, formed a Society in 1847. The first church was built in Carrington Street in 1850. The Surveyor-General, George Goyder, was a member of the church, as well as Patrick Auld of the Auldana vineyard. Rules for the local Society were confirmed at a general meeting in 1850. |
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| Related names : | Auld, Patrick, 1811-1886 Goyder, G.W. (George Woodroffe), 1826-1898 Pitman, Jacob, 1810-1890 Swedenborg, Emanuel, 1688-1772 Adelaide Society of the New Church |
| Coverage year : | 1858 |
| Place : | Adelaide (S. Aust.) |
| Region : | Adelaide city |
| Further reading : | Adelaide Society of the New Church. Adelaide manual, May 1983-February 2003 Adelaide Society of the New Church. Report and balance sheet of the Adelaide Society of the New Church, 54th (1901)-92nd (1939) Muirden, Bruce. 'Pitman, Jacob (1810-1890)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, volume 5, Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974, p. 446 Pitman family. Personal papers, 1920-1987, PRG 967 Robinson, IA. A history of the New Church in Australia 1832-1980, [Hawthorn, Vic.: Excelsior Printing], 1980 |
| Internet links : | Australian Dictionary of Biography Online: search for Jacob Pitman |
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