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Conventions Used in This Work
Sacred Scripture
[1] §§1–4 / Sacred Scripture, or the Word, Is Divine Truth Itself
[2] §§4–26 / There Is a Spiritual Meaning in the Word, Which Has Been Unknown until Now
[3] §§27–36 / The Literal Meaning of the Word Is the Foundation, the Container, and the Support of Its Spiritual and Heavenly Meanings
[4] §§37–49 / Divine Truth, in All Its Fullness, Holiness, and Power, Is Present in the Literal Meaning of the Word
[5] §§50–61 / The Church’s Body of Teaching Is to Be Drawn from the Literal Meaning of the Word and Is to Be Supported by It
[6] §§62–69 / By Means of the Literal Meaning of the Word We Unite with the Lord and Form a Companionship with Angels
[7] §§70–75 / The Word Is in All the Heavens and Is the Source of Angelic Wisdom
[8] §§76–79 / The Existence of the Church Rests on the Word, and Its Quality Depends on the Quality of Its Understanding of the Word
[9] §§80–90 / There Is a Marriage of the Lord and the Church in the Details of the Word and a Consequent Marriage of Goodness and Truth
[10] §§91–97 / It Is Possible to Wrench Heretical Ideas from the Literal Meaning of the Word, but What Is Damning Is to Convince Ourselves [That They Are True]
[11] §§98–100 / The Lord Came into the World to Fulfill Everything in the Word and So to Become Divine Truth or the Word Even on the Outermost Level
[12] §§101–103 / Before the Word That We Have in the World Today, There Was a Word That Has Been Lost
[13] §§104–113 / By Means of the Word, There Is Light Even for People Who Are outside the Church and Do Not Have the Word
[14] §§114–118 / If There Were No Word, No One Would Know about God, Heaven and Hell, Life after Death, and Least of All, about the Lord
White Horse
[1] §§1–5 / The White Horse Described in Revelation 19
[2] §§6–17 / The Word and Its Spiritual or Inner Meaning from Secrets of Heaven
Biographical Note