前言：新天堂与新教会的信仰
1# 这个信仰，我们先从整体和具体两方面来说明。
它就像一幅肖像，摆在后续内容的面前；又像一道门，供人进入圣殿；它还是一个总纲——后面要讲的每一条，都包含在其中。这个信仰之所以被称为“新天堂与新教会的信仰”，是因为天使所在的天堂与信徒所在的教会，如同一个人的内在与外在，两者合而为一。因此，教会中那些既有来自真理信仰之爱的良善、又有来自爱之良善的信仰真理的人，就他们内心的深处而言，就是天上的天使。所以他们死后会升到天上，并按照真与善在生命中结合的程度，享受天上的福乐。
要知道，在今日主所建立的新天堂当中，这个信仰就是它的肖像、它的门、它的总纲。
《真实的基督教》包含主在但以理书（7:13，14）和启示录（21:1，2）中所预言的新教会的整个神学。
1# 首先以普遍和具体的形式阐述这信仰，好叫这段阐述被置于开篇，作为接下来本书的序言，就像引入教会或圣殿的入门，又像以自己的方式涵盖后续细节的概要。它被称为新天堂和新教会的信仰，因为天使所在的天堂和世人所构成的教会就像内在人和外在人一样行如一体。因此，处于源于信之真理的爱之良善，并处于源于爱之良善的信之真理的教会成员，就其心智的内层而言，就是一位天堂天使。因此，他死后也会进入天堂，在那里照其爱与信结合的状态而享受幸福。要知道，在主现在正建立的新天堂，这信仰是它的序言、大门和概要。
1. True Christianity
Containing a Comprehensive Theology of the New Heaven and the New Church
The Faith of the New Heaven and the New Church
THE faith of the new heaven and the new church is stated here in both universal and specific forms to serve as the face of the work that follows, the doorway that allows entry into the temple, and the summary that in one way or another contains all the details to follow. I say "the faith of the new heaven and the new church" because heaven, where there are angels, and the church, in which there are people, act together like the inner and the outer levels in a human being. People in the church who love what is good because they believe what is true and who believe what is true because they love what is good are angels of heaven with regard to the inner levels of their minds. After death they come into heaven, and enjoy happiness there according to the relationship between their love and their faith. It is important to know that the new heaven that the Lord is establishing today has this faith as its face, doorway, and summary.
1. THE FAITH OF THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW CHURCH
A statement of faith, set out in both universal and particular terms, is placed at the beginning to serve as a preface to the book which follows, to be like a doorway leading into a church, and a summary presenting in a short compass what follows at more length. It is called the faith of the new heaven and the new church, because heaven, where the angels are, and the church among men form a single unit, just as the internal and external sides of the personality make up a single individual. This is why a member of the church who possesses the good of love which arises from the truths of faith, and possesses the truths of faith which arise from the good of love, is, so far as the interiors of his mind are concerned, an angel of heaven. Therefore too after dying he comes into heaven, and there enjoys happiness depending upon how far the good and truth are linked. It should be known that in the new heaven, which is at the present time being established by the Lord, this statement of faith serves as its preface, doorway and summary.
1. THE FAITH OF THE NEW HEAVEN AND OF THE NEW CHURCH
This faith is first set forth in a universal and in a particular form, that it may serve as a preface set before the work that follows, also as a gate giving entrance to a temple, and as a summary, containing in their own mode the particulars that succeed. It is called the faith of the New Heaven and of the New Church because heaven which is the abode of angels, and the church which is made up of men, act as a one, like the internal and the external man; consequently the man of the church who is in the good of love from the truths of faith and in the truths of faith from the good of love, is, in respect to the interiors of his mind, an angel of heaven; and being such he after death enters heaven and there enjoys happiness in proportion to the state of conjunction of his love and faith. Let it be known that in the New Heaven, which the Lord is now establishing, this faith is its preface, gate, and summary.
1. THE TRUE CHRISTIAN RELIGION
Containing THE UNIVERSAL THEOLOGY OF THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW CHURCH
THE FAITH OF THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW CHURCH
This faith is presented at the outset in its general and in its particular form. It is so presented that it may serve as a preface to the whole work which follows, as a gateway, as it were, by which entrance is made to a temple, and as an epitome in which the subsequent details are duly summarized. It is said to be "The Faith of the New Heaven and the New Church" because heaven, where angels are, and the Church, in which men are, act as one like the internal and the external with man. Hence it is that the member of the Church, who is in the good of love from the truths of faith, and in the truths of faith from the good of love, is an angel of heaven as to the interiors of his mind. Thus he enters into heaven after death, and there enjoys happiness according to the degree in which those principles are united in him. It should therefore be known that this faith in its summary form is the index and gateway of the new heaven now being formed by the Lord.
1. VERA CHRISTIAN RELIGIO,
CONTINENS UNIVERSAM THEOLOGIAM NOVI COELI ET NOVAE ECCLESIAE
FIDES NOVI COELI ET NOVAE ECCLESIAE.
Fides in forma universali et singulari praemittitur, ut sit sicut Facies ante Opus, quod sequitur; ac ut sit sicut Porta, per quam fit ingressus in Templum; utque sit Summarium, in quo singula quae sequuntur, suo modo continentur. Dicitur Fides Novi Coeli et Novae Ecclesiae, quia Coelum ubi sunt Angeli, et Ecclesia in qua Homines, unum agunt sicut Internum et Externum apud hominem; inde est quod homo Ecclesiae, qui in bono amoris ex veris fidei est, ac in veris fidei ex bono amoris, sit quoad interiora mentis suae Angelus coeli, quare etiam post mortem in Coelum venit, et ibi fruitur felicitate secundum statum conjunctionis illorum. Sciendum est, quod in Novo Coelo, quod hodie a Domino instauratur, sit haec Fides, facies, porta et summarium ejus.