AC 6280 - "Angel"; AC 6284 - Internal Good and Truth

AC 6280 [7] - "Angel"

. . . by an "angel" in the Word,
in the internal sense,
is not meant an angel,
but something Divine in the Lord.

AC 6284 - Internal Good and Truth

Internal good and truth must be in external good and truth,
in order for these to be good and truth.
For . . . the external is merely a formed something,
of such a nature that the internal can be in it,
and lead a life there
according to the influx into itself from the Lord.
And the internal too is merely something providing
an outward form
when considered in relation to what is supreme,
namely the Lord.
He is the Source of all life,
and things below Him are forms
that are merely receivers of life,
ranged by degrees in order
down to the last and lowest, which is the body.