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not of the church, inasmuch as they have nothing of the church in them; that is, they have nothing of good to which truth may be conjoined. (A. C. 3267.)

These three kinds of men constitute the church: they who are in the good of charity constitute the internal of the church; they who are in few truths and still desire to be instructed, that is, who are in the affection of truth from good, constitute the external of the church; but they who are in the delights of external truth are the extremes, and make as it were the circumference, and close the church.

The conjunction of heaven with the human race, that is, the conjunction of the Lord through heaven with man, is effected by those who are in the good of charity, that is, by the good of charity; for in that good the Lord is present, since He is that good itself. Through that good the Lord conjoins Himself with those who are in the affection of truth, for the affection of truth is from good, and good, as was said, is from the Lord. Through these again the Lord is with those who are in the delights of external truth; for delights with them are for the most part derived from the loves of self and the world, and very little from spiritual good.

Such is the communication of heaven with man, that is, such the communication of the Lord through heaven with him; consequently such is the conjunction.

That the communication and conjunction of the Lord with the human race is such, may be manifest from

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