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 "Those who say they are of the church . . . are much deceived if they do not live according to the truth; they are out of the church, notwithstanding their admission into the congregation of the church [that is, into the visible body commonly called the church]. (Ibid. 3963.)

"In common parlance a [religious] congregation is called a church; but to constitute it a church [that is, "the Lamb's wife"] every individual in the congregation must be a church." (Ibid. 4292.)

"Life constitutes the church; but not doctrine, except so far as it be of the life. Hence it is evident that the Lord's Church is not here nor there, but . . . is wherever the life is formed according to the precepts of charity." (Ibid. 8152.)

"That which constitutes heaven in man, constitutes the church also; for as love and faith constitute heaven, so do they also constitute the church. Therefore, from what has been before said about heaven, it is evident what the church is." (N. J. D. 241.)

"[The male child which the sun-clad woman brought forth] signifies the doctrine of truth which is for the New Church called the New Jerusalem. . . . This doctrine is especially the doctrine of love to the Lord and charity toward the neighbor, that is, the doctrine of the good of life. . . . The reason why this doctrine is for the New Church called the New Jerusalem, is, that the woman treated of in this