Heaven and Hell (Harley) n. 77

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77. Upright spirits, with whom I have spoken on this matter, have been grieved at heart that there should be such ignorance within the Church about the condition of heaven, and about spirits and angels, and, in their displeasure, they charged me to declare that they are not minds without a form, nor ethereal breaths, but are men in very likeness, and that they see, hear and feel as fully as those who are in the world.# # Every angel, because he is a recipient of Divine order from the Lord, is in a human form, perfect and beautiful according to the measure of the reception (n. 322, 1880, 1881, 3633, 3804, 4622, 4735, 4797, 4985, 5199, 5530, 6054, 9879, 10177, 10594). Divine Truth is that by which order is effected, but the Divine Good is the essential of order (n. 2451, 3166, 4390, 4409, 5232, 7256, 10122, 10555).


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