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the church, is constituted of those who are in love to the Lord and love toward the neighbor, thus abstractly from persons is constituted by the love of the Lord and the neighbor: but the lungs in the Grand Man, or of heaven and the church, are constituted of those who from the Lord are in charity toward the neighbor and thence in faith, thus abstractly from persons are constituted by charily and faith from the Lord. But the rest of the viscera and members in that Grand Man are constituted of those who are in external goods and truths, thus abstractly from persons, by external goods and truths whereby internal truths and goods may be introduced.

As the heart first flows-in into the lungs, and into the viscera and members of the body, so likewise the Lord flows-in through the good of love into internal truths, and through these into external truths and goods. (A. C. 9276.)


THE CHURCH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL.

A church, in order to be a church, must be both internal and external; for there are some who are in the internal of the church, and others who are in its external. The former are few, but the latter numerous. Nevertheless where the internal church is, the external must be also, for the internal of the church cannot be separated from its external; and where the external church is, the internal must be also. (A. C. 6587.)

It is known in the church that the Lord is the Sa-

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