154. Chapter 31 [Ezekiel] 1, 2 Of the natural man who is in knowledges [scientifica]. 11 3-9 In the Ancient Church a rational flourished that was derived from knowledges [scientifica] of every kind, through their confirming, by means of these, the Divine things of the church; and from this source they had spiritual intelligence. 11 10-13 The pride of self-intelligence, from which comes a trust in learning, has wholly cast them down from intelligence, and has deprived them of all the truths of the church. 3 14 They are cast into hell, that they may no longer destroy. 3, 15 15-18 There they are shut up, lest, while continuing in their falsifications, they should spread their falsities abroad. 3, 15