52、每个社群都是一个小型的天堂，这还可以从以下事实得知：每个社群都与整个天堂的形式一样。天堂就整体而言，最为卓越的天使住在中间，其余的照着优秀程度的下降而依此环绕而住，直到边界，如前所述（参看43节）。由此也可以看出，主引导整个天堂的天使，仿佛他们是一位天使。每个社群中的所有天使也是这样。因此，整个天使社群有时显为一位天使的形式，正如我蒙主允许所看到的那样。况且，当主显现在天使中间时，并没有显为被众天使围绕的一位，而是显现为一位天使的形像。这就是在圣经中主被称为“一位天使”、整个社群也被如此称呼的原因。“米迦勒”、“加百列”和“拉斐尔”无非是因他们的职能而被如此称呼的天使社群。｛注1｝
｛注1｝：在圣经中，主被称为一位天使（6280，6831，8192，9303）。整个天使社群也被称为一位天使，“米迦勒”和“拉斐尔”是天使社群，因为他们的功用而被如此称呼 （8192）。天堂的社群和天使没有名字，而是凭其良善的品质和对良善的观念而被区分（1705，1754）。
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52. 每个社群都有一个像整个天堂那样的天堂形式. 在整个天堂, 比其他天使优越的天使住在中间, 不怎么卓越的天使照着下降的秩序住在周围, 甚至住在边界, 如前所述(参看43节). 由此也可以看出, 主在整个天堂引导所有天使, 仿佛他们是一位天使. 这同样适用于每个社群中的所有天使; 因此, 整个天使社群有时以一位天使的形式显为一个, 如我蒙主允许所看到的那样. 事实上, 当主出现在天使中间时, 祂并非显为被多位所围绕的一位, 而是以天使的形式显为一位. 这就是为何在圣言中, 主被称为“一位天使”, 因而一整个社群也被如此称呼. “米迦勒”, “加百利”和“拉斐尔”无非是因他们的职能而被如此称呼的天使社群.
注: 在圣言中, 主被称为一位天使(天国的奥秘 6280, 6831, 8192, 9303节). 一整个天使社群被称为一位天使, “米迦勒”和“拉斐尔”是因他们的功能而被如此称呼的天使社群(天国的奥秘 8192节). 天堂社群和天使没有名字, 而是凭其良善的品质和对该良善的观念而被区分(天国的奥秘 1705, 1754节).
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52. 每個社群的形態和整個天國的形態是一致的, 可推知社群是一個小型的天國。正如前面所說(43), 在整個天國, 最優勝的天人總是住在中央, 其餘的依次環繞而住。另外, 主引導整個天國如同引導一位天人, 引導單個社群也是如此。由此事實, 也可推知社群是一個小型的天國。正因如此, 有時一個社群會顯出一位天人的形像。主曾使我見過此番景象。再者, 當主在天人當中顯現時, 並非顯現為眾人環繞, 而是以一位天人的形像單獨出現。正因如此, 主在聖言中被稱為一位"使者"。同理, 被稱為米迦勒, 加百利之名的天人, 其實是天人社群, 因各自的職能不同而獲取相應的名字。
52. We may also gather that a community is a heaven in lesser form from the fact that the heavenly form in each community is of the same nature as it is in heaven overall. In heaven overall (as noted above in 43), the most outstanding individuals are in the center, and around them, in decreasing order all the way to the circumference, are those who are less outstanding. It follows also from the fact that the Lord leads all the people in the whole of heaven as though they were a single angel, and does the same for those who are in any particular community. As a result, sometimes a whole angelic community appears as a single entity in the form of an angel, a sight that the Lord has allowed me to see. Further, when the Lord appears in the midst of angels, he does not appear surrounded by a crowd but as a lone individual in angelic form. This is why the Lord is called an angel in the Word, as is also a whole community: Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael are nothing but angelic communities that are given these names because of their functions. 1
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1. In the Word, the Lord is called an angel: 6280, 6831, 8192, 9303. A whole community is called an angel, and Michael and Raphael are angelic communities so named because of their functions: 8192. Angelic communities and individual angels do not have particular names, but are identified by the quality of their goodness and by some concept of it: 1705, 1754.
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52. That any one society is heaven in lesser form might be evident from the fact that there is in every society a heavenly form as there is in the whole heaven. In the whole heaven those who are superior to the rest are in the middle, with the less excellent round about in decreasing order, even to the boundaries, as may be seen stated in a preceding section (43). It can be seen also from this that the Lord leads all in the whole heaven as if they were one angel. The same is true of those in any one society. Hence, an entire angelic society sometimes appears as a one in the form of an angel, as I have been enabled by the Lord to see. In fact, when the Lord appears in the midst of angels He does not appear thronged about by many but as one in the angelic form. This is why the Lord is called "an angel" in the Word, and so is an entire society. "Michael," "Gabriel", and "Raphael" are no other than angelic societies so named from their functions. 1
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1. In the Word the Lord is called an angel (Arcana Coelestia 6280, 6831, 8192, 9303).
An entire angelic society is called an angel, and "Michael" and "Raphael" are angelic societies, so called from their functions (Arcana Coelestia 8192).
The societies of heaven and the angels have no name, but are distinguished by the quality of their good, and by the idea of it (Arcana Coelestia 1705, 1754).
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52. That each society is a heaven in a smaller form can be seen from this also, that each society there has a heavenly form like that of heaven as a whole. In the whole heavens those who are superior to the rest are in the middle, with the less excellent round about in a decreasing order even to the borders (as stated in a preceding chapter, 43). It can be seen also from this, that the Lord directs all in the whole heaven as if they were a single angel; and the same is true of all in each society; and as a consequence an entire angelic society sometimes appears in angelic form like a single angel, as I have been permitted by the Lord to see. Moreover, when the Lord appears in the midst of the angels He does not appear as one surrounded by many, but the appearance is as a one, in an angelic form. This is why the Lord is called "an angel" in the Word, and why an entire society is so called. "Michael," "Gabriel," and "Raphael" are no other than angelic societies so named from their function. 1
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52. Quod unaquaevis societas sit caelum in minore forma, etiam constare potuit ex eo, quod similis forma caelestis sit in quavis societate, qualis est in toto caelo: in toto caelo sunt in medio qui praestant reliquis, et circumcirca usque ad terminos sunt in ordine decrescente qui minus praestant, ut dictum videatur in articulo praecedente (43); et quoque ex eo, quod Dominus ducat omnes qui in toto caelo tanquam essent unus angelus; similiter illos qui in unaquavis societate: inde apparet quandoque integra societas angelica sicut unum in forma angeli, quod etiam mihi datum est a Domino videre. Cum etiam Dominus apparet in medio angelorum, tunc non apparet circumstipatus a pluribus, sed ut unus in Forma angelica: inde est, quod Dominus in Verbo dicatur Angelus et quoque quod integra societas; Michael, Gabriel et Raphael non sunt nisi quam societates angelicae, quae a functionibus suis ita nominantur. 1
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