help us see a more engaged and vibrant church as a result.
If you would like to see a more extensive version of this plan, please
visit: http://about.newchurch.org/about/reports. We welcome questions and
feedback, which can be directed to the Bishop’s Office.
The Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss Jr. is Assistant to the Bishop
of the General Church, Vice President of General Church
International, Incorporated, and Head of General Church
Education. Prior to his ordination into the third degree he was
pastor of the Glenview (Illinois) New Church. He and his wife,
Teresa (Farrington), live in Bryn Athyn with their four children.
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.
GYRES
These are mentioned in the Writings as forms into which newly arrived
spirits must be inaugurated that they may be initiated into fellowship with others
and into the practice of thinking and speaking in concord and unanimity. A gyre
is a circular or spiral motion, and the term is used in the Writings to describe a
motion that is complete, perfect and p erpetual. (See Arcana Coelestia 5128)
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