AR 8 - prophets and priests

AR 8 [6]
In these passages, by "prophets" and "priests," in the spiritual sense,
are not meant prophets and priests, but the entire church;
by "prophets," the church as to the truth of doctrine,
and by "priests" the church as to the good of life . . .
these things are so understood by the angels in heaven;
while by men in the world
they are understood according to the sense of the letter.