and by "mother" the Divine truth, and by "honoring" loving; while an
angel of the celestial kingdom understands by "father" the Lord, and by
"mother" heaven and the church, and by "honoring" doing.

When the fifth commandment of the Decalogue, "Thou shalt not steal," is
read, by "stealing" a man understands stealing, defrauding, and taking
away under any pretense his neighbor's goods. But an angel of the
spiritual kingdom by "stealing" understands depriving another of his
truths and goods by means of falsities and evils, while an angel of the
celestial kingdom by "not to steal" understands not to attribute to
himself the things that are the Lord's, as the good of love and the
truth of faith; for thereby good becomes not good, and truth not truth,
because they are from men.

When the sixth commandment, "Thou shalt not commit adultery," is read, a
man by "committing adultery" understands committing adultery and
whoredom, also thinking filthy thoughts, speaking lasciviously, and
doing obscene things. But an angel of the spiritual kingdom by
"committing adultery" understands falsifying the truths of the Word and
adulterating its goods; while an angel of the celestial kingdom by
"committing adultery" understands blaspheming against the Lord, heaven,
and the church.

When the seventh commandment, "Thou shalt not kill," is read, by
"killing" a man understands hating and desiring revenge, even to murder.
But an angel of the spiritual kingdom by "killing" understands the
killing of a man's soul by stumbling blocks to the life and by
reasonings, whereby a man is led into spiritual death, while an angel of
the celestial kingdom by "killing" understands seducing a man into
believing that there is no God and no heaven and no hell, for thus man's