223、为了让我了解他们在圣殿里的聚会，我有时被允许参加并聆听讲道。讲道者站在东边的讲台上，那些处在更大的智慧之光中的人坐在他的前面，那些处在稍小的智慧之光中人坐在这些人的左右。座位呈圆弧形布置，以便所有人都在讲道者的视野内，没有人坐在脱离他视线的两边。新来者站在讲台左侧、圣殿东端的门口。谁也不许站在讲台后面，若有人站在后面，讲道者就会失去思路，若会众中有人持有异议，也会这样，因此，持异议者必须转过脸去。那里的讲道是如此地充满智慧，以至于世上的讲道根本无法与之相比，因为他们处在内层之光中。属灵国度的圣殿看似由石头建成，属天国度的圣殿看似由木头建成，这是因为石头对应真理，属灵国度里的人处在其中；而木头对应良善，属天国度里的人处在其中。｛注1｝在属天国度，圣殿的建筑物不被称为圣殿，而是被称为“上帝之家”（house of God），它们在属天国度里并不华丽，但在属灵国度里圣殿则或多或少有些华丽。
｛注1｝：“石头”表示真理（114，643，1298，3720，6426，8609，10376）。“木头”表示良善（643，3720，8354）。因此，处于属天良善中的上古之人拥有木质的神圣建筑（3720）。
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223. 为叫我获知他们的教会服务的情形, 我有时被允许进入教堂, 聆听讲道. 牧师站在东边的讲台上. 那些相比其他人处于智慧的更大光明之人坐在他的正对面; 那些处于较次光明的人坐在这些人的左, 右. 座位排成扇形, 以便所有人都在牧师的视线之内; 没有人坐在脱离他视线的两边. 新来者站在教堂东头直到讲台左侧的门口. 谁也不许站在讲台后面; 若有人站在后面, 牧师的思路就会混乱. 若会众中有人持有异议, 同样的情形也会发生; 因此, 持异议者必须转过脸去. 那里的讲道具有如此智慧, 以至于根本无法与世上的讲道相提并论; 因为天堂里的人处于内在之光. 属灵国度的教堂看似由石头建成, 属天国度的教堂看似由木头建成. 这是因为石头对应于真理, 属灵国度里的人处于真理; 而木头对应于良善, 属天国度里的人处于良善. 属天国度的教堂被称为“神的殿”, 而非教会. 它们在属天国度并不华丽, 但在属灵国度则多少有些华丽.
注: “石”表示真理(天国的奥秘 114, 643, 1298, 3720, 6426, 8609, 10376节). “木”表示良善(天国的奥秘 643, 3720, 8354节). 因此, 处于属天良善的上古之人拥有木质的神圣建筑物(天国的奥秘 3720节).
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223. 我時常被允許進入教堂, 聆聽佈道, 以瞭解他們的崇拜儀式。傳道者站在東面的講臺。坐在正前方的, 是享受更多智慧之光的天人, 坐在兩側的次之。座位排成扇形, 如此, 講臺位置能看到在座的每一位, 無人在其視線之外。新來者站在講臺左側, 直到教堂東頭的門口。誰也不許站在講臺的後面, 以免打亂傳道者的思路。聚會者若有異議, 也會產生干擾。為此, 有異議者必須轉移視線。
天國的佈道充滿智慧, 與地上的佈道不可同日而語。事實上, 天國之人所感受的是更內在的光明。
義信天國的教堂看似由石頭築成, 仁智天國的教堂看似由木頭做成。因為義信天人專注於理, 而石頭與理對應;仁智天人則專注於善, 木頭與善對應。再者, 仁智天國的此類建築物不被稱為"教堂,"卻被稱為"上帝之家"。
仁智天國的建築物並不顯得多麼壯麗, 而在義信天國的或多或少講究華美。
223. So that I could learn what their church services are like, I have occasionally been allowed to go in and hear sermons. The preacher in the pulpit is stationed in the east. Directly in front sit the people who are in greater light of wisdom than others, while to their right and left are the people in less light. The seating is laid out in a circular form so that everyone can be seen by the preacher. No one is off to the sides and out of the preacher's sight. Newcomers stand by the door at the eastern end of the church to the left of the pulpit. No one is allowed to stand behind the pulpit; if anyone is there, the preacher loses the train of thought. The same thing happens if anyone in the congregation disagrees, so anyone who does is obliged to look away.
The sermons there are given with such wisdom that their earthly counterparts cannot be compared to them: people in the heavens actually experience a more inward light.
Churches in the spiritual kingdom seem to be made of stone, and those in the heavenly kingdom of wood. This is because stone corresponds to the truth that occupies people in the spiritual kingdom and wood to the good that occupies people in the heavenly kingdom. 1The buildings in this latter kingdom are not called "churches" but "houses of God."
Buildings in the heavenly kingdom are devoid of splendor, but in the spiritual kingdom they are more or less ornate.
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1. Stone means what is true: 114, 643, 1298, 3720, 6426, 8609, 10376. Wood means what is good: 643, 3720, 8354. So for the earliest people, who were attuned to heavenly good, buildings were wooden: 3720.
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223. That I might learn about their meetings in temples, I have been permitted at times to attend and to hear the preaching. The preacher stands in a pulpit at the east. Those who are in the light of wisdom more than others sit in front of him, those who are in less light, to the right and left of these. They recline in the form of a circle, so that all are within the preacher's view, no one being at either side so as to be out of his view. At the door, which is at the east of the temple on the left of the pulpit, stand those who are being initiated. No one is permitted to stand behind the pulpit; if there is anyone there, the preacher is confused. It is the same if anyone in the congregation dissents, for which reason he must turn away his face. The preachings are made with such wisdom that they are not comparable with those in the world, for they are in the heavens in an interior light. The temples in the spiritual kingdom seem to be of stone and those in the celestial kingdom of wood. The reason for this is that stone corresponds to truth, in which are those in the spiritual kingdom, while wood corresponds to good 1in which are those who are in the celestial kingdom. In that kingdom the buildings are not called temples but houses of God. In the celestial kingdom they are without magnificence, but in the spiritual kingdom they are more or less magnificent.
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1. "Stone" signifies truth (Arcana Coelestia 114, 643, 1298, 3720, 6426, 8609, 10376).
"Wood" signifies good (Arcana Coelestia 643, 3720, 8354).
On this account the most ancient people, who were in celestial good, had sacred buildings of wood (Arcana Coelestia 3720).
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223. That I might learn about their meeting in places of worship, I have been permitted at times to attend and to hear the preaching. The preacher stands in a pulpit at the east. Those who are in the light of wisdom more than others sit in front of him; those who are in less light sit to the right and left of these. There is a circular arrangement of the seats, so that all are in the preacher's view, no one so sitting at either side as to be out of his view. At the entrance, which is at the east of the building and on the left of the pulpit, those stand who are being initiated. No one is permitted to stand behind the pulpit; when there is any one there the preacher becomes confused. It is the same if any one in the congregation dissents; and for this reason the dissenter must needs turn away his face. The wisdom of the preachings is such as to be above all comparison with the preachings of this world, for those in the heavens are in interior light. The church edifices in the spiritual kingdom are apparently built of stone, and those in the celestial kingdom of wood; because stone corresponds to truth, and those who are in the spiritual kingdom are in truth, while wood corresponds to good, and those in the celestial kingdom are in good. 1In that kingdom the sacred edifices are not called churches but houses of God. In that kingdom they are without magnificence; but in the spiritual kingdom they are more or less magnificent.
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223. Ut scirem quales illorum conventus sunt in templis, datum est aliquoties intrare et praedicationes audire. Praedicator in pulpito stat ab oriente; ante faciem ejus sedent qui in luce sapientiae prae reliquis sunt, ad horum latus dextrum et sinistrum qui in minore; discumbunt in forma circi, ita ut omnes in aspectu praedicatoris sint ad latera utrinque, quo ejus aspectus non vadit, nullus est. Ad portam, quae est ad orientem templi ad sinistrum pulpiti, stant qui initiantur non licet alicui post pulpitum stare si aliquis ibi, confunditur praedicator similiter fit, si aliquis in coetu dissentit, quapropter eum oportet avertere faciem. Praedicationes fiunt tali sapientia, ut illis aequiparari nequeant quae in mundo sunt enim in caelis in luce interiore. Templa apparent sicut a lapide in regno spirituali, et sicut ex ligno in regno caelesti ex causa, quia lapis correspondet vero, in quo sunt qui in regno spirituali, et lignum correspondet bono, in quo sunt qui in regno caelesti. 1Aedes in hoc regno nec vocantur Templa, sed Domus Dei. In regno caelesti sunt aedes absque magnificentia in regno autem spirituali cum magnificentia majore et minore.
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