Peter Hall Boericke has been a member of the
General Church of the New Jerusalem for more than
51 years. He graduated from the Bryn Athyn Church
School, the Academy Boys School, and earned a B.S.
Degree from the Bryn Athyn College of the New
Church (then The Academy College) in 1969. He has
served on the General Church Board, the Bryn Athyn
Board of Trustees, and in many other church and
civic uses over many years, and is currently a member
of Pastor’s Council for the Bryn Athyn Church. He and his wife Christine
(Henderson) raised four children, all graduates of the Academy. Retired as
a manager from Prudential Insurance, he now enjoys writing, woodworking,
and observing the busy lives of 19 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
Contact: [email protected]
O U R N E W C H U RC H V O C A B U L A R Y
Part of a continuing series developed by the Rev. W. Cairns Henderson, 1961-1966.
CONSUMMATION
This term refers generally to the state that exists when evil reaches its height; specifically
to the end of a religious dispensation, which comes when there is no longer any charity
or faith because the church has turned away from the Lord entirely. Note that this end is
spiritual, that the church itself is unaware of it, and that it may continue as an organized body
although it has come to an end as far as performing the use of a church is concerned. (Arcana
Coelestia 2243, 2905)
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