TCR 267, 270 - the Lord is the Word and provides salvation

TCR 267, 270
There can be no conjunction with heaven
unless somewhere on earth there is a church which possesses the Word,
and so the Lord is known because the Lord is the God of heaven and earth,
and without Him salvation is impossible.
Conjunction with the Lord is established by means of the Word,
and so is association with angels.
It is enough if there is a church which possesses the Word,
even though it is composed of relatively few people,
The Lord is still present by its means throughout the world,
for the Word effects conjunction between heaven and the human race.

. . .when the Word was more or less rejected by the Roman Catholics,
by the Lord's Divine providence the Reformation took place,
and so the Word was, so to speak,
dragged out of its hiding place and put to use.
Also, when the Word possessed by the Jewish nation
was utterly falsified and adulterated, so that it became practically null,
then it pleased the Lord to come down from heaven,
to come as the Word and fulfil it, thus renewing and restoring it,
and to give light again to the inhabitants of the earth,
as these words of the Lord relate:

The people that sat in darkness have seen a great light;
for those who sat in the region and shadow of death,
upon them a light has dawned.
Isaiah 9:1 and Matthew 4:16