802.我们说，正是由于“巴比伦城”所指的天主教，才有了对圣言的一切真理、因而对教会的一切神圣事物的玷污和亵渎；前面多次说明，该宗教不仅玷污了圣言的良善与真理，还亵渎了它们；因此，在圣言中，“巴比伦”（或“巴别”）表示对神圣事物的亵渎。现在说一说这种亵渎过去是如何发生的，现在又是如何发生的。前面说过，源于自我之爱而对统治教会的神圣事物、统治天堂的，因而统治主的一切神性事物的爱就是魔鬼（796，797节）。由于作为目的这种统治占据了那些建立该宗教之人的心智，所以他们不能不亵渎圣言和教会的神圣事物。假如这爱，也就是魔鬼，从内在占据某人的心智，如一切主导爱那样；那么将某个神性真理从外在摆在它眼前，它岂不会将其撕成碎片，扔在地上，踩上几脚，然后召唤与它自己一致的虚假以取代之？
对拥有世上一切事物的爱就是撒旦，并且魔鬼与撒旦行如一体，好像同盟，如同从这一种爱陷入另一种爱。由此可以推断为何在圣言中，“巴比伦”表示亵渎。例如：将以下神性真理摆在这爱，也就是魔鬼面眼前，即：要敬拜和尊崇的唯有神，而不是任何人；教皇代理权是一个必须弃绝的捏造和臆想；还有这个真理：向死人祈求、在他们的画像前跪拜、亲吻他们和他们的骨头，是一个也必须弃绝的全然可憎的偶像崇拜行为。这爱，也就是魔鬼，岂不会怒火中烧地拒绝这两个真理，严厉谴责它们，并将其撕成碎片吗？
此外，如果有人对这爱，也就是魔鬼说，相当于改造和重生、因而救赎和拯救一个人的打开和关闭天堂，或捆绑和释放，因而赦罪，是纯粹的神性；人若将任何神性之物据为己有，必是亵渎神；彼得并没有将任何这类事物据为己有，也没有行使过任何这类权柄；而且，继任是这爱的捏造，圣灵从这个人转到那个人那里也是捏造；若听到这些事，这爱，也就是魔鬼，岂不会用诅咒的话责骂说这话的人，并在怒火中把他交给裁判人，将其投入死牢？若有人进一步说，主的神性权柄如何转到你那里？主的神性如何能与祂的灵魂并身体分离？按照你的信仰，这岂不是不可能？父神如何能将祂的神性能力引入圣子，不是引入祂的神性，也就是容器吗？这神性能力又如何能转录到一个人里面，以至于成为他的？以及其它诸如此类的话。听到这些话，这爱，也就是魔鬼，岂不会哑口无言，内心却充满怒火，咬牙切齿喊着说：“把他押出去，钉他十字架，钉他十字架！出去，叫所有人都出去，让他们看看这个大异端，找个乐子”？
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1.这些事以后，我听见天上好像有一大群人的声音，说，哈利路亚！救恩、荣耀、尊贵、权能都属乎主，我们的神！
2.祂的判断是真实、公义的，因祂判断了那用淫行使地败坏的大淫妇，并且为淫妇手上所流祂仆人的血伸冤。
3.他们又说了第二次，哈利路亚！她燃烧的烟往上冒，直到世世代代。
4.那二十四位长老与四活物就俯伏敬拜坐宝座的神，说，阿们！哈利路亚！
5.有声音从宝座出来说，神的众仆人哪，凡敬畏祂的，无论大小，都要赞美我们的神。
6.我听见好像一大群人的声音，像众水的声音，又像大雷的声音，说，哈利路亚！因为主神，全能者掌王权了。
7.我们要欢喜快乐，将荣耀归给祂！因为羔羊的婚期到了，祂的妻子也自己预备好了，
8.并且得赏赐，可以披上明亮洁净的细麻衣；这细麻衣就是圣徒的义行。
9.天使对我说，你要写上，凡被请赴羔羊之婚筵的有福了！又说，这些是神真实的话。
10.我就俯伏在他脚前要拜他。他对我说，千万不可！我和你，并你那些为耶稣作见证的弟兄同是作仆人的。你要敬拜神。因为预言中的灵意乃是为耶稣作见证。
11.我看见天开了。见有一匹白马，骑在马上的称为忠信真实，祂审判、争战都按着公义。
12.祂的眼睛如火焰，祂头上戴着许多冠冕，又有写着的名字，除了祂自己没有人知道。
13.祂穿着溅了血的衣服，祂的名称为神之道。
14.在天上的众军骑着白马，穿着细麻衣，又白又洁，跟随祂。
15.有利剑从祂口中出来，可以击杀列族。祂必用铁杖牧养他们，并要踹全能神怒气和烈怒的酒榨。
16.在祂衣服和大腿上有名写着，万王之王，万主之主。
17.我又看见一位天使站在日头中，向空中所飞的一切鸟大声呼喊说，你们聚集来赴大神的筵席！
18.可以吃君王的肉，千夫长的肉，壮士的肉，马和骑马者的肉，并自主的，为奴的，小的大的，众人的肉。
19.我看见那兽和地上的君王，并他们的众军都聚集，要与骑马的并祂的军兵争战。
20.那兽被擒拿，那在兽面前曾行奇事、迷惑受兽印记和拜兽像之人的假先知，也与他同被擒拿。这两个就活活地被扔在烧着硫磺的火湖里。
21.其余的被骑白马者口中出来的剑杀了；众鸟都吃饱了他们的肉。
天上天使对主的赞颂，因为天主教在灵界被移除，他们由此进入光明和他们的幸福中（1-5节）。关于主的到来和出于祂自己的新教会的宣告（6-10节）。圣言的灵义向新教会打开（11-16节）。呼召所有人进入新教会（17-18节）。那些陷入与仁分离之信之人的抗拒（19节）。他们被移除并罚入地狱（20-21节）。
第1节.“这些事以后，我听见天上好像有一大群人的声音，说，哈利路亚”表低层天堂天使因着巴比伦人被移除而对主的感恩、称谢和颂扬（803）。“救恩、荣耀、尊贵、权能都属乎主，我们的神”表如今有了来自主的救恩，因为如今有了通过主的神性能力而对神性真理和神性良善的接受（804节）。
第2节.“祂的判断是真实、公义的，因祂判断了那用淫行使地败坏的大淫妇”表出于公义将那亵渎的巴比伦宗教罚入地狱，因为它通过对圣言的污秽玷污而摧毁主的教会（805节）。“并且为淫妇手上所流祂仆人的血伸冤”表因施加在敬拜主者灵魂上的伤害和暴行所受的报应（806节）。
第3节.“他们又说了第二次，哈利路亚！她燃烧的烟往上冒，直到世世代代”表出于欢喜而对主的感恩和颂扬，因为这亵渎的宗教已被罚入地狱，直到永远（807节）。
第4节.“那二十四位长老与四活物就俯伏敬拜坐宝座的神，说，阿们！哈利路亚”表高层天堂天使拜主为天地之神，宇宙的审判者，以及低层天堂天使对主感恩、称谢和颂扬的确认（808节）。
第5节.“有声音从宝座出来说，神的众仆人哪，凡敬畏祂的，都要赞美我们的神”表从主进入天堂的流注，因而天使的一致赞同，即：所有处于信之真理和爱之良善的人都要敬拜主为天堂的独一神（809节）。“无论大小”表那些出于大小程度不同的信之真理和爱之良善敬拜主的人（810节）。
第6节.“我听见好像一大群人的声音，像众水的声音，又像大雷的声音，说，哈利路亚！因为主神，全能者掌王权了”表最低天堂的天使、中间天堂的天使和最高天堂的天使的欢喜，因为唯独主在即将到来的教会中掌王权（811节）。
第7节.“我们要欢喜快乐，将荣耀归给祂！因为羔羊的婚期到了”表灵魂和内心的欢喜，因而对主的赞颂，因为今后主与教会的完满婚姻可以实现了（812）。“祂的妻子也自己预备好了”表那些将属于该教会，也就是新耶路撒冷的人被聚集起来，被引入并接受教导（813节）。
第8节.“并且得赏赐，可以披上明亮洁净的细麻衣”表主通过圣言以真正和纯粹的真理教导他们（814节）。“这细麻衣就是圣徒的义行”表那些属于主教会的人通过出于圣言的真理而拥有生活的良善（815节）。
第9节.“天使对我说，你要写上，凡被请赴羔羊之婚筵的有福了”表从天上差给约翰的天使，与他谈论主的新教会，声称世间将得以知道，那些接受属新教会的事物之人拥有永生（816节）。“又说，这些是神真实的话”表要信这话，因为这是从主来的（817节）。
第10节.“我就俯伏在他脚前要拜他。他对我说，千万不可！我和你，并你那些为耶稣作见证的弟兄同是作仆人的。你要敬拜神”表不可崇拜并祈求天上的天使，因为他们里面没有丝毫神性之物；只是他们如兄弟般与世人、与那些敬拜主的人相联系，因而与那些单单崇拜主的人在一起（818节）。“因为预言中的灵意乃是为耶稣作见证”表对主是天地之神的承认，同时照其诫命的生活，就是普遍意义上圣言、因而教义的全部（819节）。
第11节.“我看见天开了。见有一匹白马”表主所揭示的圣言灵义，以及由此所显露的对圣言的内在理解，这就是主的到来（820节）。“骑在马上的称为忠信真实，祂审判、争战都按着公义”表主的圣言，即：圣言是神性良善本身和神性真理本身，主藉这二者施行审判（821节）。
第12节.“祂的眼睛如火焰”表主神性之爱的神性智慧（822节）。“祂头上戴着许多冠冕”表来自祂的圣言神性真理（823节）。“又有写着的名字，除了祂自己没有人知道”表除了主和主所揭示给的人外，没有人明白圣言在其属灵和属天意义上的性质（824节）。
第13节.“祂穿着溅了血的衣服，祂的名称为神之道”表暴行已施加于其上的终端意义上的神性真理，或文字上的圣言（825节）。
第14节.“在天上的众军骑着白马，穿着细麻衣，又白又洁，跟随祂”表新基督天堂的天使，他们以对圣言的内在理解而与主结合，因而处于纯粹而真正的真理（826节）。
第15节.“有利剑从祂口中出来”表主藉着由此而来的教义驱散虚假（827节）。“可以击杀列族。祂必用铁杖牧养他们”表祂将藉着圣言字义的真理和理性事物而使所有处于死信的人信服（828节）。“并要踹全能神怒气和烈怒的酒榨”表唯独主忍受教会的一切邪恶，以及向圣言，因而向祂自己所施的一切暴行（829节）。
第16节.“在祂衣服和大腿上有名写着，万王之王，万主之主”表主在圣言中教导祂的性质，即祂是神性智慧的神性真理，和神性之爱的神性良善，因而祂是宇宙之神（830节）。
第17节.“我又看见一位天使站在日头中，向空中所飞的一切鸟大声呼喊说，你们聚集来赴大神的筵席”表主出于神性之爱，因而出于神性热情呼召并召集所有处于对真理的属灵情感，并思想天堂的人进入新教会，与祂自己结合，因而进入永生（831节）。
第18节.“可以吃君王的肉，千夫长的肉，壮士的肉，马和骑马者的肉，并自主的，为奴的，小的大的，众人的肉”表通过圣言、因而教义的各种意义、等级和种类上的真理吸收来自主的良善（832节）。
第19节.“我看见那兽和地上的君王，并他们的众军都聚集，要与骑马的并祂的军兵争战”表所有信奉唯信的内在恶人，无论领头的还是其追随者，都将攻击主在圣言中的神性真理，并侵扰那些将属于主的新教会之人（833节）。
第20节.“那兽被擒拿，那在兽面前曾行奇事、迷惑受兽印记和拜兽像之人的假先知，也与他同被擒拿”表所有那些信奉唯信、内在邪恶的人，无论平信徒还是普通百姓，以及那些通过推理和证明唯信是得救的唯一途径而迷惑其他人接受这信，并照之生活的神职人员和有学问的人（834节）。“这两个就活活地被扔在烧着硫磺的火湖里”表所有像他们那样的人，都被投入地狱，那里有对虚假的爱，同时有对邪恶的欲望（835节）。
第21节.“其余的被骑白马者口中出来的剑杀了”表改革宗当中陷入各种异端的所有未照他们所知的主在圣言中的诫命生活之人因通过圣言受审判而灭亡（836节）。“众鸟都吃饱了他们的肉”表地狱魔鬼仿佛靠他们的恶欲，也就是他们的小我（proprium或统我）得到滋养。
802. We say that from the Roman Catholic religion, meant by the city of Babylon, comes the adulteration and profanation of all the truth of the Word and so of every sanctity of the church; and a number of times previously we have said that that religion has not only adulterated the Word's goods and truths, but has also profaned them; and that Babylon in the Word therefore symbolizes the profanation of what is holy. We will now say how that profanation came about and continues.
We said above that the love of exercising dominion, springing from a love of self, over the sanctities of the church and over heaven, thus over all the Divine sanctities belonging to the Lord, is the Devil. 1Now because that dominion was fixed as the objective in the hearts of those who founded the Roman Catholic religion, they could not help but profane the sanctities of the Word and the church.
Suppose that that love, which is the Devil, is inwardly fixed in someone's mind, as is the case with every reigning love, and place some Divine truth outwardly before his eyes. Would he not tear it up, throw it on the ground, and trample it, and in its place summon up some falsity agreeable to him?
[2] A love of possessing all the goods of the world is Satan, and the Devil and Satan act in concert, as though bound together by covenant, in the kind of people who, owing to the one love, are caught up in the other.
One may conclude from this why it is that Babylon in the Word symbolizes profanation.
By way of illustration, place before that love, which is the Devil, this Divine truth, that God alone is to be worshiped and adored, and not some man, thus that the Vicariate is a fabrication and a fiction which ought to be rejected. Or else this truth, that to call upon the dead, to fall prostrate before their images, to kiss them and their bones, is a pure and foul idolatry that ought also to be rejected. Would not that love, which is the Devil, vehemently and angrily reject these two truths, fulminate against them, and tear them to pieces?
[3] If, moreover, someone were to say to that love, which is the Devil, that to open and close heaven or loose and bind, thus to forgive sins - which is the same thing as reforming and regenerating and thus redeeming and saving mankind - is a work purely Divine; that a person cannot claim for himself something Divine without committing profanation; that Peter did not claim it for himself, and therefore did not exercise any such power; moreover that the apostolic succession was fabricated by that love, as was also the transference of the Holy Spirit from one person to another - on hearing these things, would not that love, which is the Devil, deafen with anathemas the person saying them, and in a fiery rage command that he be turned over to an inquisitor and thrown into a prison of the condemned?
If someone still were to ask, "How can the Lord's Divine power be transferred to you? How can the Lord's Divinity be separated from His soul and body? Is it not according to your belief that this cannot be done? How can God the Father impart His Divine power to the Son except to His own Divinity as its receptacle? How can this be transferred to a person so as to be his?" And many other like things.
Hearing them, would not that love, which is the Devil, fall silent, rage within, gnash its teeth, and cry, "Take this person away! Crucify him, crucify him! Everyone go, go! See the great heretic and amuse yourselves!"
Footnotes:
802. It is said that as a result of the form of religion that is understood by 'the city Babylon' there is the adulteration and profanation of every truth of the Word, and consequently of every holy thing of the Church; and it is said many times in the things preceding that that form of religion has not only adulterated the goods and truths of the Word but has also profaned them, and that therefore 'Babel' in the Word signifies the profanation of what is holy. It shall now be said how that profanation has been and is effected. It was said above that the love, derived from the love of self, of dominating over the holy things of the Church and over heaven, thus over all the Divine things of the Lord, is the devil. Now because that dominion as the end in view has occupied the minds of all those who fashioned that form of religion, they could not do otherwise than profane the holy things of the Word and the Church. Suppose that that love, which is the devil, occupies the mind of anyone interiorly, as does every ruling love; then place some Divine Truth exteriorly before its eyes; will it not tear it in pieces, cast it to the earth and trample upon it, and in place of it summon an untruth in accord with itself?
[2] The love of possessing all the things of the world is satan, and the devil and satan act as one, as if joined by a covenant, with such as from the one love are in the other. It can be concluded from these considerations whence it is that by 'Babylon' in the Word is signified profanation. For example: place before that love which is the devil this Divine Truth, that the Only God is to be worshipped and adored, and not any man; and that the Vicariate is an invention and figment that must be rejected. In like manner this truth, that to invoke dead men, to fall down before their images, to kiss them and their bones, is an utterly and disgustingly idolatrous practice that also must be rejected. Would not that love which is the devil reject these two truths in the vehemence of its anger, fulminate against them, and tear them to bits?
[3] But if anyone should say to that love which is the devil, that to open and shut heaven, or to loose and to bind, thus to remit sins, which is the same as to reform and regenerate and thus to redeem and save a man, is purely Divine; and that a man cannot claim anything Divine to himself without profanation; and that Peter did not claim any such thing to himself nor had he exercised any such authority; moreover that the succession is a thing invented by that love, as also the transference of the Holy Spirit from man to man; on hearing these things would not that love which is the devil belabour the speaker with anathemas, and in the fire of its fury order him to be delivered to the inquisitors and cast into the condemned cell? If anyone should say further, How can the Lord's Divine authority be transferred into you? How can the Lord's Divinity be separated from His Soul and Body? Is it not in accordance with your faith that it cannot? How can God the Father being His own Divine Power into the Son, if not into His Divinity which is the receptacle? How can this be transcribed into a man so as to be his? Besides other similar things. On hearing them would not that love which is the devil be silent, burn with rage inwardly, gnash the teeth and cry out, 'Bring him forth, crucify him, crucify him, go forth, let all go forth, let them see the great heretic and entertain themselves'?
802. It is said that from the religious persuasion which is meant by "the city Babylon" is the adulteration and profanation of every truth of the Word and thence of every holy thing of the church; and it has been said many times in what precedes, that that religious persuasion has not only adulterated the goods and truths of the Word, but has also profaned them; and that "Babel" therefore in the Word signifies the profanation of what is holy. It shall now be said how that profanation has been and is effected. It was said above, that the love of having dominion from the love of self over the holy things of the church and over heaven, and thus over all the Divine things of the Lord, is the devil. Now because that dominion as an end resides in the minds of those who founded that religious persuasion, they could not do otherwise than profane the holy things of the Word and the church. Suppose that that love, which is the devil, should reside in the mind of anyone interiorly, as every ruling love does; then place some Divine truth exteriorly before its eyes; will it not tear it to pieces, cast it to the earth, and trample it down, and in place of it summon a falsity that agrees with itself?
[2] The love of possessing all the things of the world is satan, and the devil and satan act as one, as if joined in a covenant, with such as from the one love are in the other. It may be concluded from this, whence it is that profanation is signified in the Word by "Babylon." For example: place before that love which is the devil this Divine truth, that God alone is to be worshiped and adored, and not any man; and thus that the vicarship is an invention and a fiction, which is to be rejected. In like manner this truth, that to invoke dead men, to fall down to their images, to kiss them and their bones, is simply and foully idolatrous, which is also to be rejected. Would not that love which is the devil reject these two truths in the vehemence of its anger, fulminate against them, and tear them in pieces?
[3] But if anyone should say to that love which is the devil, that to open and shut heaven, or to loose and to bind, and thus to remit sins, which is the same as to reform and regenerate, and so to redeem and save man, is purely Divine, and that a man cannot ascribe to himself anything Divine without profanation; and that Peter did not ascribe it to himself, and therefore did not exercise any such authority; moreover, that the succession is a thing invented by that love; as also the transferring of the Holy Spirit from man to man; on hearing these things, would not that love which is the devil, belabor the speaker with anathemas, and in the fire of its fury command him to be delivered to the inquisitor, and to be cast among the damned? If anyone were to say further, How can the Lord's Divine authority be transferred to you? How can the Lord's Divinity be separated from His soul and body? Is it not according to your faith that it cannot? How can God the Father introduce His Divine power into the Son, except into His Divinity, which is the receptacle? How can this be transcribed into a man that it may be his? Besides other similar things. On hearing these, would not that love which is the devil be silent, kindle into wrath within, gnash the teeth, and cry out, "Lead him forth, crucify him, crucify him; go, go all of you, see the great heretic, and delight yourselves with him"?
802. Dicitur, quod ex Religioso, quod per "Babylonem urbem" intelligitur, sit adulteratio et prophanatio omnis veri Verbi et inde omnis sancti Ecclesiae; et in antecedentibus pluries, quod Religiosum illud non modo adulteraverit bona et vera Verbi, sed etiam prophanaverit illa, et quod ideo "Babel" in Verbo significet prophanationem sancti. Nunc dicetur, quomodo prophanatio illa facta est et fit. Dictum est supra, quod Amor dominandi ex amore sui super sancta Ecclesiae et super Caelum, ita super omnia Divina Domini, sit Diabolus. Nunc quia dominium illud ut finis insedit animis eorum qui Religiosum illud condiderunt, non potuerunt aliter quam prophanare sancta Verbi et Ecclesiae. Suppone quod Amor ille, qui est Diabolus, insideat alicujus menti interius, ut facit omnis amor regnans, et pone aliquod Divinum verum exterius ante oculos ejus, annon discerpet illud, projiciet in terram, et proculcabit illud, et loco ejus arcesset falsum secum concordans. Amor possidendi omnia mundi est Satanas; ac Diabolus et Satanas unum agunt, sicut foedere conjuncti, apud tales qui ab uno amore in altero sunt. Ex his concludi potest, unde est quod per "Babylonem" in Verbo significetur prophanatio.
Pro exemplo sit: Ponatur ante illum Amorem, qui est Diabolus, hoc Divinum verum, quod Solus Deus colendus et adorandus sit, et non aliquis homo, et sic quod Vicariatus sit inventum et figmentum, quod rejiciendum est: similiter hoc verum, quod invocare homines mortuos, procumbere ad imagines illorum, osculari illas et ossa illorum, sit pure et foede idololatricum, quod etiam rejiciendum: annon Amor ille, qui est Diabolus, haec duo vera in vehementia irae rejiceret, fulminaret contra illa, et dilaceraret illa.
Si autem quis ad illum Amorem, qui est Diabolus, dicturus esset, quod aperire et claudere Caelum, seu solvere et ligare, ita remittere peccata, quod idem est cum reformare et regenerare, et sic redimere et salvare hominem, sit pure Divinum; et quod homo absque prophanatione non sibi aliquod Divinum possit vindicare, et quod Petrus nec sibi vindicaverit, quare nec aliquid tale exercuerat: praeterea quod successio sit inventum ab Amore illo; ut et translatio Spiritus Sancti ab homine in hominem; his auditis, annon Amor ille, qui est Diabolus, obtunderet loquentem anathematibus, et in igne furoris mandaret ut traderetur inquisitori, et conjiceretur in damnatorum 1carcerem. Si adhuc quis dicturus sit, Quomodo potest Divina potestas Domini in 'vos transferri: quomodo potest Divinitas Domini separari ab Ipsius Anima et Corpore: annon est secundum vestram fidem quod non possit: quomodo potest Deus Pater Divinam Suam potentiam inferre in Filium nisi in Divinitatem Ipsius, quae est receptaculum: quomodo potest hoc transcribi in hominem, ut sit ejus: praeter similia plura: his auditis, annon Amor ille, qui est Diabolus, taceret, intus excandesceret, frenderet dente, et exclamaret, "Educ, crucifige, crucifige, exeant, exeant omnes, videant magnum haereticum, et oblectent se."
Footnotes:
1. damnatorum pro "damnatum"