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 although they are not of similar forms nor of similar functions, have nevertheless relation to one heart on which they all depend, both in general and in particular, be their respective forms ever so various. In this case, too, every one would say of another, in whatsoever doctrine or in whatsoever external worship he was principled, This is my brother; I see that he worships the Lord, and that he is a good man." (A. C., n. 2385.)

"There are interior truths in all doctrinals drawn from the literal sense of the Word, inasmuch as the literal sense of the Word is like a well wherein is water; for in all and singular parts of the Word there is an internal sense, which sense is also in doctrinals that are derived from the Word." (A. C., 3464.)

"In regard to doctrinals derived from the literal sense of the Word, the case is this: that when a man is principled in them, and at the same time in a life according to them, he has in himself correspondence; for the angels, who are attendant on him, are in interior truths, whilst he is in exterior; and thus he has communication by doctrinals with heaven, but yet according to the good of his life. As, for example, when in the Holy Supper he thinks simply of the Lord, in consequence of the words used on the occasion, 'This is my body and this is my blood,' then his attendant angels are in the idea of love to the Lord and charity toward their neighbor, inasmuch as love to the Lord corresponds to the Lord's body and to bread, and