THE SECOND, OR ANCIENT CHURCH

• General Character
• The Ancient Church was in Representatives and Significatives
• The Worship of the Ancient Church
• The Ancient Style of Writing
• The Decline of the Ancient Church
• The Second Ancient Church, called Eber, and origin of Sacrificial Worship
• Sacrifices were at first offered to Jehovah, and afterwards became Idolatrous
• All Nations which adopted Sacrificial Worship, called Hebrews
• Others of the Ancient Church abominated Sacrifices, and abominated the Hebrews on account of them
• Gradual Descent of the Hebrew Church to Idolatry
• Idolatry of the House of Terah, while there were other Hebrew Nations that retained the Worship of Jehovah
• The Name and Worship of Jehovah again lost by the Posterity of Jacob in Egypt
• Why Sacrificial Worship, in itself not acceptable ot the Lord, was yet commanded to the Children of Israel
• The Externals of the Ancient Churches were restored in the Israelitish Church
• When the Children of Israel first constituted a Church
• Egyptian Hieroglyphics were perverted Representatives of the Ancient Church

General Character

Arcana Coelestia 597 | Arcana Coelestia 468 | Arcana Coelestia 640 | Arcana Coelestia 765 | Arcana Coelestia 784 | Arcana Coelestia 4680 | Arcana Coelestia 773

The Ancient Church was in Representatives and Significatives

Arcana Coelestia 3419

The Worship of the Ancient Church

Arcana Coelestia 2722 | Arcana Coelestia 920

The Ancient Style of Writing

Arcana Coelestia 1756

The Decline of the Ancient Church

Arcana Coelestia 1327 | Arcana Coelestia 4680

The Second Ancient Church, called Eber, and origin of Sacrificial Worship

Arcana Coelestia 1238 | Arcana Coelestia 470 | Arcana Coelestia 471 | Arcana Coelestia 1241 | Arcana Coelestia 4680 | Arcana Coelestia 2180

Sacrifices were at first offered to Jehovah, and afterwards became Idolatrous

Arcana Coelestia 1343 | Arcana Coelestia 4680

All Nations which adopted Sacrificial Worship, called Hebrews

Arcana Coelestia 1343 | Apocalypse Explained 391

Others of the Ancient Church abominated Sacrifices, and abominated the Hebrews on account of them

Apocalypse Explained 391 | Arcana Coelestia 1343 | Arcana Coelestia 5702

Gradual Descent of the Hebrew Church to Idolatry

Arcana Coelestia 1342 | Arcana Coelestia 1356 | Arcana Coelestia 4680 | Arcana Coelestia 1345 | Arcana Coelestia 1346 | Arcana Coelestia 1347 | Arcana Coelestia 1348 | Arcana Coelestia 1349 | Arcana Coelestia 1350 | Arcana Coelestia 1351 | Arcana Coelestia 1352 | Arcana Coelestia 1353 | Arcana Coelestia 1354 | Arcana Coelestia 1355 | Arcana Coelestia 1356 | Arcana Coelestia 1358

Idolatry of the House of Terah, while there were other Hebrew Nations that retained the Worship of Jehovah

Arcana Coelestia 1992 | Arcana Coelestia 1356 | Arcana Coelestia 5628 | Arcana Coelestia 3667 | Arcana Coelestia 6003 | Arcana Coelestia 5998 | Arcana Coelestia 4208

The Name and Worship of Jehovah again lost by the Posterity of Jacob in Egypt

Arcana Coelestia 1343 | Arcana Coelestia 6877

Why Sacrificial Worship, in itself not acceptable ot the Lord | was yet commanded to the Children of Israel

Arcana Coelestia 2180

The Externals of the Ancient Churches were restored in the Israelitish Church

Arcana Coelestia 6846 | Arcana Coelestia 4449 | Arcana Coelestia 4874

When the Children of Israel first constituted a Church

Arcana Coelestia 4430

Egyptian Hieroglyphics were perverted Representatives of the Ancient Church

Arcana Coelestia 7097 | Arcana Coelestia 6692