AC 3419 - the Word is a holy writing

AC 3419 [2-3]
. . . when angelic speech
(which is incomprehensible to a person
because spiritual and celestial)
descends to a person, who is in a natural sphere,
it falls into representatives and significatives
such as are in the Word,
and so it is that the Word is a holy writing;
for in order to be a full correspondence
that which is Divine cannot be presented in any other way
before the natural person.

And as the ancients were in
representatives and significatives of the Lord's kingdom,
in which there is nothing but celestial and spiritual love,
they had also doctrinal things
that treated solely of love to God
and of charity toward the neighbor;
and by virtue of these doctrinal things
they were called the wise.
From these doctrinal things they knew
that the Lord would come into the world,
and that Jehovah would be in Him,
and that He would make the human in Himself Divine,
and would so save the human race.
From these doctrinal things they also knew what charity is,
namely, the affection of being of service to others
without any end of recompense;
and also what is the neighbor
toward whom there should be charity,
namely, all in the universe,
but still each with discrimination.
At this day these doctrinal things are utterly lost . . ..