--_Conjugial Love, n._ 321




THE CHURCH


"Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will
dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God
Himself shall be with them, and be their God."

--_Rev_., XXI, 3


THE CHURCH IN GOD'S SIGHT

The Church is in man, and not outside of him; and the Church at large
consists of the men who have the Church in them.--The Church consists
of those who from the heart acknowledge the Divine of the Lord, who
learn truths from Him by the Word, and do them.--Every one who lives
in the good of charity and of faith is a Church and a Kingdom of the
Lord.--The Church in general is constituted of those who are severally
Churches, however remote they are from one another.--The Church of the
Lord is scattered throughout the whole world.

--_Heaven and Hell, n._ 57
--_Apocalypse Explained, n._ 388
--_Arcana Coelestia_, n. 6637; ib., n. 9256