SS 5 - what the spiritual sense of the Word is

SS 5

The spiritual sense of the Word

is not that sense which shines forth

from the sense of the letter

while one is studying and unfolding

the meaning of the Word

with intent to confirm some tenet of the church.

This is the literal sense of the Word.

The spiritual sense

does not appear in the sense of the letter,

being within it as the soul in the body,

as thought in the eyes,

and as affection in the face,

which act as a one,

like cause and effect.

It is this sense chiefly which renders the Word spiritual,

not for men only,but for angels also;

and therefore by means of this sense

the Word gives communication with the heavens.

(SS = Doctrine of the Sacred Scripture)