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 in the Church signified by the New Jerusalem that there is in the heaven of angels. Its teachings clearly point to this. Its foundation being broad as that of the angelic heavens, it should and will be as large, catholic, and inclusive in its nature and spirit. Its component parts will differ as widely as do the different organs in the human body; and there will be among them the same friendly recognition of each other, the same mutual regard and respect, the same harmonious cooperation, the same vital and fraternal union. And thus will this new doctrine of the human form of heaven, as explained in a previous chapter, be exemplified in the New Church as it has never been before since the days of "the most ancient.

have, in the foregoing chapters, explained the heavenly doctrine of the Grand Man and shown that it is not merely speculative, but a doctrine pregnant with valuable instruction, and having an important and most wholesome practical tendency. We purpose now to show that the catholic teaching so obviously involved in the doctrine is abundant and explicit in the writings