Theodore Pitcairn
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Theodore Pitcairn son of PPG Industries
founder John Pitcairn
, was an arts collector and philanthropist, and a minister in the General Church of the New Jerusalem
.
In 1927 he wrote a book titled The Book Sealed with Seven Seals with the purpose of introducing to the General Church certain new theological ideas proposed by a Dutch layman, H. D. G. Groeneveld.
In the late 1930s, a doctrinal schism within the General Church centering on Groeneveld's ideas led Rev. Pitcairn and several other church members to found a new Swedenborgian
branch known as The Lord's New Church Which Is Nova Hierosolyma
.
In 1939, Rev. Pitcairn established a non-profit corporation for the purposes of promoting and maintaining the new church.
The events of the Second World War delayed formalization of the new Church's organization. Finally, in March of 1947, the Church's international governmental structure was drawn up by a provisional international council composed of Pitcairn, the Revs. Ernst Pfeiffer and Philip N. Odhner, and the laymen Groeneveld and Anton Zelling, and was approved by Church members in America and Holland later that year.
Pitcairn served as a leader of the new church until his death.
Thomas Hoving
, former Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
, described meeting the Reverend Pitcairn in the course of negotiating the purchase from him of "Garden at Sainte-Adresse (Monet)
" by Claude Monet
.
PPG Industries
PPG Industries is a global supplier of paints, coatings, optical products, specialty materials, chemicals, glass and fiber glass. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, PPG operates in more than 60 countries around the globe. Sales in 2010 were $13.4 billion...
founder John Pitcairn
John Pitcairn, Jr.
John Pitcairn, Jr. was a Scottish-born American industrialist. With just an elementary school education, Pitcairn rose through the ranks of the Pennsylvania railroad industry, and played a significant role in the creation of the modern oil and natural gas industries...
, was an arts collector and philanthropist, and a minister in the General Church of the New Jerusalem
General Church of the New Jerusalem
The General Church of the New Jerusalem is an international church based in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, and based on the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the theological works of Emanuel Swedenborg...
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In 1927 he wrote a book titled The Book Sealed with Seven Seals with the purpose of introducing to the General Church certain new theological ideas proposed by a Dutch layman, H. D. G. Groeneveld.
In the late 1930s, a doctrinal schism within the General Church centering on Groeneveld's ideas led Rev. Pitcairn and several other church members to found a new Swedenborgian
Swedenborgian
A Swedenborgian is the doctrines, beliefs, and practices of the Church of the New Jerusalem, and is an adjective describing a person or an organization that understands the Bible through the theological writings of Emanuel Swedenborg....
branch known as The Lord's New Church Which Is Nova Hierosolyma
Lord's New Church Which Is Nova Hierosolyma
The Lord's New Church Which Is Nova Hierosolyma is an international, Christian church based on the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the theological writings of Emanuel Swedenborg, which its members view as the Third Testament...
.
In 1939, Rev. Pitcairn established a non-profit corporation for the purposes of promoting and maintaining the new church.
The events of the Second World War delayed formalization of the new Church's organization. Finally, in March of 1947, the Church's international governmental structure was drawn up by a provisional international council composed of Pitcairn, the Revs. Ernst Pfeiffer and Philip N. Odhner, and the laymen Groeneveld and Anton Zelling, and was approved by Church members in America and Holland later that year.
Pitcairn served as a leader of the new church until his death.
Thomas Hoving
Thomas Hoving
Thomas Pearsall Field Hoving was an American museum executive and consultant and the former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.-Biography:...
, former Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the...
, described meeting the Reverend Pitcairn in the course of negotiating the purchase from him of "Garden at Sainte-Adresse (Monet)
Garden at Sainte-Adresse (Monet)
The Garden at Sainte-Adresse is a painting by the French impressionist painter, Claude Monet. . The painting was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art after an auction sale at Christie's in December 1967, under the French title La terrasse à Sainte-Adresse...
" by Claude Monet
Claude Monet
Claude Monet was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. . Retrieved 6 January 2007...
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External links
- Portrait of Theodore Pitcairn (Philippe Smit, 1925)
