earth there is a Church where the Word is and by it the Lord is known.
It is sufficient that there be a Church where the Word is, even
though it should consist of few relatively. The Lord is present by it,
nevertheless, in the whole world. The light is greatest where those
are who have the Word. Thence it extends itself as from a centre out
to the last periphery. Thence comes the enlightenment of nations and
peoples outside the Church, too, by the Word.

--_Doctrine concerning the Sacred Scripture, nn._ 104, 106


A CANON ON A NEW PRINCIPLE

The books of the Word are all those which have an internal sense. In
the Old Testament they are the five books of Moses, the book of
Joshua, the book of Judges, the two books of Samuel, the two books of
Kings, the Psalms of David, the Prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah,
Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah,
Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zecharaiah, Malachi; and in
the New Testament the four Evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John; and
the Apocalypse.

--_Arcana Coelestia, n._ 10,325




THE LIFE OF CHARITY AND FAITH