892. And whoso shall receive the mark of his name. That this signifies reception and acknowledgment of its quality, according to the description above, is evident from the signification of receiving a mark, as denoting reception and acknowledgment (see above, n. 838, 886); and from the signification of name, as denoting the quality of any one (see n. 102, 135, 148, 676, 696, 815, 841), in this case, therefore, according to the description of this beast above in chapter xiii. for such things constitute their name in the spiritual world. For every one there receives a name according to his quality and the quality of every one there is expressed by a term of spiritual language, which may indeed be pronounced in natural language, but still not understood; for it includes several things which cannot be comprehended by the ideas of natural thought, and, consequently, cannot be expressed by any words of speech used in the world. From these things it is clear, that by the mark of the name of the beast, is signified the acknowledgment of that religious persuasion as to all its quality; which was described above.