Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 262

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262. 'The woman' means the Church, as stated already. At this point it means the Church when corrupted by the proprium, which up to now is what 'woman' has meant, because the subject is the generation of the descendants of the Most Ancient Church which had become corrupted.


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