5085. There are now very many like this in the other life, the greatest part of whom is that which is meant by the third part of the stars of heaven which the dragon threw down from heaven with his tail [Rev. 12:4]. They endeavor to entirely destroy the inner meaning, which pertains to Heaven's and the Church's doctrine.
5085. There are, now, very many such, in the other life, the greatest part of whom are those who are meant by the third part of the stars of heaven, which the dragon drew down from heaven with his tail; who, also, endeavor to utterly destroy the internal sense, which belongs to the doctrine of Heaven and the Church.
5085. Tales sunt in altera vita nunc perplures, quorum maxima pars est illa quae intelligitur per tertiam partem stellarum coeli, quas draco cauda sua detraxit e coelo [Apoc. XII: 4]; et qui sensum internum, qui est doctrinae Coeli et Ecclesiae, prorsus destruere conantur.