** The Churches of Sardis, Philadlphia, Laodicea **

And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write . . .
And unto the angel of the church in Philadelphia write . . .
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write . . .(Revelation 3:1, 7, 14)

AR 154 - The Spiritual Sense of the Whole Chapter

People in the Christian world 
who are engaged in a lifeless worship, 
one without charity and faith, 
are described by the church in Sardis.
People who are governed by truths 
springing from goodness derived from the Lord 
are described by the church in Philadelphia.
People who base their beliefs 
sometimes on their own thinking, 
sometimes on the Word, 
and so profane holy things, 
are described by the church in Laodicea.
All of these, too, are called to the Lord's New Church.