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A LATIN manuscript copy of this INDEX, from which the following translation was made, is in the possession of the Editor, who transcribed it from a copy brought from Sweden by Mr. CHARLES FREDERICK NORDENSKJOLD in 1783. The original manuscript of EMANUEL SWEDENBORG, from which the first transcript was made, is deposited in the Royal Library at Stockholm.

J. A. T.

INDEX

OF

WORDS, NAMES, AND THINGS,

CONTAINED IN THE

APOCALYPSE REVEALED.

In the following INDEX, ill. or illustrated, signifies more fully explained
tho. signifies suʊwn, or proved from the Word; and sign., signifies or denotes.

A

ABADDON (Abaddon). See Destroyer.

ABOMINATION (abominatio). That the evils enumerated in the
second table of the decalogue are called abominations, sho. n. 891.

n. 421, 442.

ABYSS (abyssus). A description of the pit of the abyss, where they
are who have confirined in themselves faith alone separated from charity,
ACCUSE, to (accusare). That accuser and to accuse,
when spoken
of the devil, sign. to bring forth various things out of man, and to condemn,

n. 554.

ADULTERY (adulterium). That to commit adultery and whoredom
sign. to adulterate and to falsify the goods and truths of the Word, ill.
and sho. n. 134. The reason is, because in the Word and in every part
thereof there is a marriage of the Lord and the church, also a marriage of
good and truth, which constitutes the church; concerning which, n. 134,
359, 380, 812, 816, 881, 955. See MARRIAGE and BRIDEGROOM. That
by the great whore of Babylon is sign. the adulteration and profanation of
the Word, n. 719. See PAPISTS.

AFAR OFF (longinquum). That afar off sign. remoteness of state,
that is, removed from such things as constitute states of good and truth,
and thence appertain to the church, ill. and sho. n. 769. The contrary is
sign. by near, n. 947; see AT HAND. That to stand afar off, and to
lament over damnation, sign. to be in a state remote from damnation and
in fear, n. 769, 783, 787.

AFFECTION (affectio). See Love.

AFFLICTION (afflictio). That affliction sign. the state of the church
infested by evils and falses, sho. n. 33. That it also sign. temptations, n.
377. That affliction is predicated of falses, n. 95, 137.

AFTER (post). That to walk after another sign. to obey, sho. n. 578

AIR (aer). What is signified by air, see n. 708.

ALAS (va). See Wo.

ALLELUJAH (alleluja). That it sign. praise ye God; that it was ar expression of thanksgiving, confession, and celebration of the Lord from joy of heart, sho. n. 803, 807, 808. See To PRAISE.

ALTAR (altare). That in the church amongst the children of Israel there were two altars, one for burnt-offerings, the other for incense; and that by the altar for burnt-offerings is represented, and thence signified worship from celestial love, and by the altar for incense, worship from spiritual love, ill. and sho. n. 392, 649. See SACRIFICE and INCense. That the altar for burnt-offerings also sign. the celestial kingdom of the Lord, n. 649. That fire was continually burning upon the altar of burntoffering, and that hence fire was taken in the censer, and offered with incense, sho. n. 395. That that fire sign. the divine celestial love, n. 395. See FIRE.

AMEN (amen). That amen sign. confirmation from the truth, and since the Lord is truth itself, it sign. confirmation from the Lord, sho. n. 23, 61, 199, 292; and it also sign. consent of all, n. 375.

AMPHITHEATRE (amphitheatrum). Concerning the amphitheatre where the dragons held their diversions, ill. n. 655. Concerning their diversions there, see FAITH.

ANGEL (angelus). That by angel, in a supreme sense, is meant the Lord, in a respective sense, heaven, also a heavenly society, and likewise divine truth, n. 647, 910. That by angel, in a supreme sense, is meant the Lord, ill. and sho. n. 344, 465, 647, 910, 5, 258; also by the seven angels, n. 657. That by angel and angels are sign. heaven, because heaven is heaven from the Lord, n. 5, 342, 910. That by Michael and Gabriel are not meant any archangel, but societies of heaven and ministries therein; that by Michael are meant societies of angels, whose special ministry is to teach, that the Lord is the God of heaven and earth, and that God the Father and He are one; and that by Gabriel are meant societies of angels, wherein is taught, that Jehovah came into the world, and that his human nature is the Son of God, n. 548, 564, 77. That angel sign. divine truth, n. 900, 910. Concerning the angels of the third heaven, n. 120, and in the following. That an angel does not speak with man out of heaven, but the Lord through heaven; but when an angel is to talk with man, he is sent out of heaven, and talks with man from the Lord, n. 816; see HEAVEN. That the angels are not superior to men, but their equals; the reason why they excel men in wisdom, is, because they are in spiritual light, but men in natural light, n. 818. That angels and spirits know nothing of man, with whom they do not speak; the reason is, because they are consociated by correspondences as to thoughts, but as to the affections it is different, n. 943. That angels are consociated with men, but the Lord only is conjoined with them, n. 818, 946. That angels are not to be invoked, much less worshipped, but only the Lord, n. 818. That he is an angel of heaven who receives the Lord in love and faith, n. 344. ANIMALS (animalia). See BEASTS. Concerning the four animals, see CHERUBIMS.

ANOINTING, to ANOINT (unctio, ungere, vide oleum). See OIL. ANTIPAS (Antipas), the martyr, that is, a confessor of the truth,

n. 112.

APES (simia). Concerning apes mounted on horses, and seated

thereon with their bodies reversed; who they were, and of what nature and quality, ill. n. 889.

APOCALYPSE or REVELATION (Apocalypsis). That the Apocalypse treats concerning the last state of the Christian church, afterwards concerning the last judgment, and lastly concerning the New Church, which is the New Jerusalem, and not concerning the empires or kingdoms of the world, preface, and n. 2, 227, 387, 483, 543. That in series it treats of the falses in the church, inasmuch as the truths of the Nev Church cannot be received before those falses are discovered and removed, n. 700. That the Apocalypse was manifested to John by the Lord, and that it is now opened by the Lord, preface, and n. 953, 954, 957. That nothing shall be added or taken away from what is written in the Apocalypse, sign. that nothing shall be added or taken away from the truths of the New Church, which contain prophecies, and are now revealed, ill. n. 957-959. That the last words in the Apocalypse are the words of disponsation between the Lord and the church to marriage, n. 960.

APOSTLES (apostoli). That by the disciples of the Lord are meant those who are taught and instructed in the goods and truths of the church, n. 79. That by apostles are meant those who teach the goods and truths of the church, and that the twelve apostles of the Lord consequently represented and thence in the Word signify the church as to all the goods and truths thereof, n. 5, 233, 790, 903, 915. What is signified by Peter, James, and John, n. 5. That the same is signified by the apostles sitting on twelve thrones, and judging the twelve tribes of Israel, n. 233, 798. That the apostles are called holy, because they represented holy things, n. 790.

ARK (arca). See DECALOGUE.

ARMAGEDDON (Armageddon). That Armageddon sign. the love of honour, dominion, and pre-eminence, sho. n. 707. That to gather together to war, in Armageddon, sign. a state of combat from falses against truths, and a desire of destroying the New Church, arising from a love of dominion or power and pre-eminence, n. 707, ill. n. 839. Concerning the combat in Armageddon with respect to the understanding of the Lord's prayer in its beginning, ill. n. 839. See PRAyer.

ARMS (arma). That arms sign. such things as belong to spiritual war, sho. n. 436. See WAR. That breast-plates sign. argumentations, sho. n. 436, 450.

ARMY or HOST (exercitus). That an army sign. those who are in divine goods and truths, and thence abstractedly goods and truths, and in the opposite sense, those who are in evils and falses, and thence abstractedly evils and falses, ill. and sho. n. 447, 833. That therefore the sun, moon, and stars, are called hosts or armies, sho. n. 447. That by sun, moon, and stars, are sign. the goods and truths of the church, also its evils and falses, n. 413. See SUN, MOON, and STARS.

ARTIFICER (artifex). That an artificer sign. a man who is intelli· gent, and who from understanding thinks truths, and, in an opposite sense, who from self-derived intelligence thinks falses, ill. and sho. n. 793. That every kind of device in the world corresponds with such things as belong to angelic wisdom, ill. n. 793.

ASER (Ascher). That Aser, in a supreme sense, sign. eternity, in a spiritual sense, eternal beatitude, in a natural sense, the affection of good

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