247、关于古代教会。创世记头几章描述了这个地球上第一个和最古老的教会，它是一个属天教会，是所有教会中最优质的（607，895，920，1121，1122，1123，1124，2896，4493，8891，9942，10545节）。天堂里的上古教会之人的性质（1114-1125节）。他们住在最高等级的光中（1116，1117节）。大洪水后的教会有好几个，被统称为“古教会”，以及对这些教会进一步的讨论（1126，1127，1128，1327，10355节）。古教会遍及亚洲许多国家，或说中东所有国家（1238，2385节）。古教会之人的性质（609，895节）。古教会是一个代表性教会，它的代表被上古教会的一些人收集起来（519，521，2896节）。古教会有一部圣言，但它已经遗失了（2897节）。古教会开始衰落时的性质（1128节）。上古教会与古教会之间的不同（597，607，640，641，765，784，895，4493节）。上古教会和古教会也在迦南地，迦南地的各个地方的代表由此而来（3686，4447，4454节）。关于始于希伯，被称为希伯来教会的教会（1238，1241，1343，4516，4517节）。古教会与希伯来教会之间的不同（1343，4874节）。希伯所设立的祭祀在古代教会完全不为人知（1343节）。就内在而言，古代教会与基督教会是一致的，但就外在而言，则不一致（3478，4489，4772，4904，10149节）。在上古教会，启示是直接的；在古教会，启示通过对应而来；在犹太教会，启示通过鲜活的声音而来；在基督教会，启示通过圣言而来（10355节）。主是上古教会的神，被称为耶和华（1343，6846节）。主是天堂，主是教会（4766，10125，10151，10157节）。主的神性构成天堂，参看《天堂与地狱》一书（7-12节，78-86节）；因此，主的神性也构成教会，因为对人来说，构成天堂的，也构成教会，如前面的教义（60，241节）所说明的。
247、关于古教会。地球上第一个和最古老的教会，也就是《创世记》第一章所描述的，它是一个属天教会，是所有教会中最美好的 （607，895，920，1121-1124，2896，4493，8891，9942，10545）。这里描述了这个教会的人在天堂的品性 （1114-1125）。他们处在神奇的光中 （1116，1117）。洪水后，有各种教会，简而言之，它们被统称为“古教会”，这里有更多讲述 （1125-1127，1327，10355）。古教会扩展到所有的中东国家 （1238，2385）。古教会之人的品性在这里讲述 （609，895）。古教会是象征（符号）性教会，他们所用的象征（符号）由最古老教会的一些人汇集而成 （519，521，2896）。古教会曾有一本圣言，但被遗失了 （2897）。这里讲述了古教会开始衰落时的状况 （1128）。最古老教会与古教会的不同讲在这里 （597，607，640，641，765，784，895，4493）。最古老教会和古教会存在于迦南地，这就是他们特殊地域符号的来源 （3686，4447，4454）。从希伯开始的教会，被称为希伯来教会 （1238，1241，1343，4516，4517）。古教会与希伯来教会的区别参见这里 （1343，4874）。希伯来民设立了献祭，而其他古教会对此一无所知 （1343）。就内在品性而言，古教会与基督教会是一致的，但外在形式不一样 （3478，4489，4772，4904，10149）。最古老教会有直接启示，古教会是通过对应得到启示，犹太教会是通过活生生的声音得到启示，基督教会则通过圣言得到启示（10355）。
主是最古老教会的上帝，祂被称为耶和华 （1343，6846）。 主是天堂，祂也是教会 （4766，10125，10151，10157）。主的神性创造了天堂，参见《天堂与地狱》一书7-12节和78-86节；主的神性也创造了教会，因为构成人之天堂的也构成了教会，正如前面60节和241节所述。
247. The ancient churches. The first and earliest church on this planet was the one described in the first chapters of Genesis; it was a heavenly church, the finest of them all: 607, 895, 920, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1124, 2896, 4493, 8891, 9942, 10545. What the people of the earliest church are like in heaven: 1114-1125. They live in the best light: 1116, 1117. There were several churches after the Flood, which are collectively referred to as "the ancient church": 1126, 1127, 1128, 1327, 10355 (which contain further discussion of these churches). The ancient church was spread across all the countries of the Middle East: 1238, 2385. What the people of the ancient church were like: 609, 895. The ancient church was a representative church; 1the symbols it used had been gathered together by certain people of the earliest church: 519, 521, 2896. There was a Word in the ancient church, but it has been lost: 2897. What the ancient church was like when it began to go into decline: 1128. The difference between the earliest church and the ancient church: 597, 607, 640, 641, 765, 784, 895, 4493. The earliest and ancient churches were present in the land of Canaan, and this is the source of the symbolism of its particular places: 3686, 4447, 4454. On the church that began with Eber and was called "the Hebrew church": 1238, 1241, 1343, 4516, 4517. The difference between the ancient church and the Hebrew church: 1343, 4874. The Hebrew nation began the practice of ritual sacrifices, a practice utterly unknown to the ancient churches: 1343. The inward aspects of the ancient churches agree with those of the Christian church, but the outward aspects do not: 3478, 4489, 4772, 4904, 10149. In the earliest church, revelation was direct; in the ancient church it came through correspondences; in the Jewish church it came by audible speech; and in the Christian church it came through the Word: 10355. The Lord was the God of the earliest church and was known as Jehovah: 1343, 6846. The Lord is heaven, and the Lord is the church: 4766, 10125, 10151, 10157. On the fact that the Lord's divine nature makes heaven, see Heaven and Hell 7-12, 78-86; so it also makes the church, since what makes heaven for us also makes the church, as stated earlier in these teachings [60, 241].
Footnotes:
1. In what Swedenborg calls a "representative church," all the details and circumstances of the rituals symbolically reflect an inner worship of the Lord and the heavenly and spiritual realities of his kingdom ( Secrets of Heaven 1437). See also Secrets of Heaven 4288[2] for the contrast between this kind of church and a representation of a church in which the outward forms have been retained but have lost their connection with inner worship. [GFD]
247. Not translated.
247. The Ancient Churches. The First and Most Ancient Church in this world was that which is described in the first chapters of Genesis; which was a celestial Church, and the most excellent of all, Arcana Coelestia 607, 895, 920, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1124, 2896, 4493, 8891, 9942, 10545. The quality of those belonging to it in heaven, Arcana Coelestia 1114-1125. They are in the clearest light, Arcana Coelestia 1116, 1117. After the flood there existed various Churches which, in one expression, were called the Ancient Church, concerning which see Arcana Coelestia 1125, 1126, 1127, 1327, 10355. Through how many kingdoms of Asia the Ancient Church was extended, Arcana Coelestia 1238, 2385. The quality of the men of the Ancient Church, Arcana Coelestia 609, 895. The Ancient Church was a representative Church, and its representatives were gathered together into one collection by certain men of the Most Ancient Church, Arcana Coelestia 519, 521, 2896. Among the Ancient Church there was a Word, which was, however, lost, Arcana Coelestia 2897. The quality of the Ancient Church when it began to decline, Arcana Coelestia 1128. The distinction between the Most Ancient Church and the Ancient, Arcana Coelestia 597, 607, 640, 641, 765, 784, 895, 4493. Both the Most Ancient and the Ancient Churches existed in the land Canaan, and from this circumstance arose the representatives of the places therein, Arcana Coelestia 3686, 4447, 4454. The Church which was begun by Eber, and was called the Hebrew Church, Arcana Coelestia 1238, 1241, 1343, 4516, 4517. The difference between the Ancient and the Hebrew Churches, Arcana Coelestia 1343, 4874. Eber instituted sacrifices which had been wholly unknown in the Ancient Churches, Arcana Coelestia 1343. The Ancient Churches agreed with the Christian Church as to internals, but not as to externals, Arcana Coelestia 3478, 4489, 4772, 4904, 10149. In the Most Ancient Church there was an immediate revelation; in the Ancient Church a revelation by means of correspondences; in the Jewish Church by the living voice; and in the Christian Church through the Word, Arcana Coelestia 10355. The Lord was the God of the Most Ancient Church, and was called Jehovah, Arcana Coelestia 1343, 6846. The Lord is heaven, and He is the Church, Arcana Coelestia 4766 Arcana Coelestia 4766[1-4], 10125, 10151, 10157. That the Lord's Divine constitutes heaven, see the work on Heaven and Hell 7-12, and Heaven and Hell 78-86; that therefore His Divine also constitutes the Church, since what makes heaven with man also makes the Church, see above in the Doctrine.
247. Of the Ancient Churches.
The first and Most Ancient Church on this earth, which is described in the first chapters of Genesis, was a celestial church, and the chief of all the rest (n. 607, 895, 920, 1121-1124, 2896, 4493, 8891, 9942, 10545). Of the quality of those in heaven who belonged to it (n. 1114-1125). They are in the highest degree of light (n. 1116, 1117). There were various churches after the flood, called in one word, the Ancient Church, concerning which (n. 1125-1127, 1327, 10355). Through how many kingdoms of Asia the Ancient Church was extended (n. 1238, 2385). The quality of the men of the Ancient Church (n. 609, 895). The Ancient Church was a representative church, and its representatives were collected into one by certain men of the Most Ancient Church (n. 519, 521, 2896). The Ancient Church had a Word, but it was lost (n. 2897). The quality of the Ancient Church when it began to decline (n. 1128). The difference between the Most Ancient and the Ancient Churches (n. 597, 607, 640, 641, 765, 784, 895, 4493). The Most Ancient Church and the Ancient were also in the land of Canaan, and hence came the representatives of the places therein (n. 3686, 4447, 4454). Of the church that began from Eber, which was called the Hebrew Church (n. 1238, 1241, 1343, 4516, 4517). The difference between the Ancient and the Hebrew Churches (n. 1343, 4874). Eber instituted sacrifices which were wholly unknown in the Ancient Churches (n. 1343). The Ancient Churches agreed with the Christian Church as to internals, but not as to externals (n. 3478, 4489, 4772, 4904, 10149). In the Most Ancient Church there was immediate revelation; in the Ancient Church, revelation by correspondences; in the Jewish Church, by a living voice; and in the Christian Church, by the Word (n. 10355). The Lord was the God of the Most Ancient Church, and was called Jehovah (n. 1343, 6846). The Lord is heaven, and He is the church (n. 4766, 10125, 10151, 10157). The Divine of the Lord makes heaven, see the work on Heaven and Hell (n. 7-12 and (Heaven and Hell 78-86) 78-86); and thus also the church, since what constitutes heaven with man, constitutes also the church, as was shown in the doctrine above.
247. De Ecclesiis Antiquis.
Quod Prima et Antiquissima Ecclesia in hac tellure fuerit, quae describitur in primis capitibus Geneseos, et quod illa fuerit ecclesia caelestis, omnium praecipua (Arcana Coelestia 607, 895, 920, 1121-1124, 2896, 4493, 8891, 9942, 10545).
Quales illi sunt in caelo (Arcana Coelestia 1114-1125).
Quod in summa luce sint (Arcana Coelestia 1116, 1117).
Quod variae ecclesiae fuerint post diluvium, quae una voce Ecclesia Antiqua vocantur (de quibusArcana Coelestia 1125-1127, 1327, 10355).
Antiqua Ecclesia per quot regna Asiae fuit extensa (Arcana Coelestia 1238, 2385).
Quales fuerunt homines Antiquae Ecclesiae (Arcana Coelestia 609, 895).
Quod Ecclesia Antiqua fuerit ecclesia repraesentativa, et quod ejus repraesentativa fuerint in unum collecta ab hominibus quibusdam Antiquissimae Ecclesiae (Arcana Coelestia 519, 521, 2896).
Quod apud Antiquam Ecclesiam fuerit Verbum, sed quod id deperditum sit (Arcana Coelestia 2897).
Qualis Antiqua Ecclesia cum caepit declinare (Arcana Coelestia 1128).
Discrimen inter Ecclesiam Antiquissimam et Antiquam (Arcana Coelestia 597, 607, 640, 641, 765, 784, 895, 4493).
Quod Antiquissima et Antiqua Ecclesia fuerint etiam in Terra Canaane, et quod inde repraesentativa locorum (Arcana Coelestia 3686, 4447, 4454).
De ecclesia incohata ab Ebero, quae Ecclesia Hebraea dicta fuit (Arcana Coelestia 1238, 1241, 1343, 4516, 4517).
Discrimen inter Ecclesiam Antiquam et Hebraeam (Arcana Coelestia 1343, 4574).
Quod Eberus instituerit sacrificia in Antiquis Ecclesiis prorsus ignota (Arcana Coelestia 1343).
Quod Antiquae Ecclesiae concordarent cum Christiana Ecclesia quoad interna, non autem quoad externa (Arcana Coelestia 3478, 4489, 4772, 4904, 10149).
Quod in Antiquissima Ecclesia fuerit revelatio immediata, in Antiqua Ecclesia per correspondentias, in Ecclesia Judaica viva voce, et in Ecclesia Christiana per Verbum (Arcana Coelestia 10355).
Quod Dominus fuerit Deus Antiquissimae Ecclesiae, et vocatus Jehovah (Arcana Coelestia 1343, 6846).
Quod Dominus sit caelum et quod sit ecclesia (Arcana Coelestia 4766, 10125, 10151, 10157).
(Quod Divinum Domini faciat caelum, videatur in opere De Caelo et Inferno 7-12, et 78-86: ita quoque ecclesiam, quoniam quod apud hominem facit caelum hoc quoque facit ecclesiam, supra in Doctrina.)