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[Introduction] n. 1

DOCTRINALIA ROMANO-CATHOLICORUM DE JUSTIFICATIONE, EX SYNODO TRIDENTINA. n. 2-8

DOCTRINALIA PROTESTANTIUM DE JUSTIFICATIONE, EX FORMULA CONCORDIAE. n. 9-15

SCIAGRAPHIA DOCTRINALIUM NOVAE ECCLESIAE. n. 16

I. Quod Ecclesiae per Reformationem separatae ab Ecclesia Romano Catholica, dissideant in variis; sed quod omnes in Articulis, de Trinitate personarum in Divinitate, de Origine peccati ex Adamo, de Imputatione Meriti Christi, et de Justificatione per solam fidem, conveniant n. 17-18

II. Quod Romano-Catholici ante Reformationem prorsus similia quae Reformati post illam, de quatuor supranominatis Articulis tradiderint, videlicet similia de Trinitate personarum in Divinitate, similia de Peccato originali, similia de Imputatione meriti Christi, et similia de Justificatione per fidem in illam, cum sola differentia, quod eandem fidem cum charitate seu bonis operibus conjunxerint. n. 19-20

III. Quod Reformatores antesignani, Lutherus, Melanchthon et Calvinus, omnia Dogmata de Trinitate Personarum in Divinitate, de Peccato Originali, de Imputatione meriti Christi, et de Justificatione per fidem, qualia tunc erant et fuerant apud Romano-Catholicos, retinuerint, sed quod Charitatem seu Bona Opera separaverint a fide illa, et declaraverint illa non simul salvifica, propter finem ut a Romano-Catholicis quoad ipsa essentialia Ecclesiae, quae sunt Fides et Charitas, divellerentur. n. 21-23

IV. Quod tamen Reformatores Antesignani, fidei suae adjunxerint bona opera, et quoque conjunxerint illa, sed in homine ut in subjecto passivo, Romano-Catholici autem in homine ut in subjecto activo: et quod tamen inter hos et illos quoad fidem, opera et merita, actualiter sit conformitas. n. 24-29

V. Quod universa Theologia in Christiano Orbe hodie fundata sit super idea Trium Deorum, oriunda ex, doctrina Trinitatis Personarum. n. 30-38

VI. Quod Dogmata illius Theologiae appareant esse erronea, postquam idea Trinitatis Personarum et inde Trium Deorum rejecta est, ac idea Unius Dei: in quo est Divina Trinitas loco ejus recepta. n. 39-40

VII. Quod tunc Fides vere salvifica, quae est in unum Deum, unita bonis operibus, agnoscatur et recipiatur. n. 41-42

VIII. Et quod haec fides sit in Deum Salvatorem Jesum Christum, ac in simplici sua forma talis.

1. Quod sit unus Deus, in Quo est Divina Trinitas, et quod Ille sit Dominus Jesus Christus.

2. Quod Fides salvifica sit credere in Ipsum.

3. Quod fugienda sint mala, quia sunt diaboli et a diabolo.

4. Quod facienda sint bona, quia sunt Dei et a Deo.

5. Et quod haec facienda sint ab homine ut ab ipso, at quod credendum sit, quod sint a Domino apud illum et per illum. n. 43-44

IX. Quod hodierna Fides ab Ecclesia separaverit Religionem, quae consistit in agnitione unius Dei, et in cultu Ipsius ex fide charitatis. n. 45-46

X. Quod Fides hodiernae Ecclesiae non possit cum Charitate conjungi, ac producere aliquos fructus, qui sunt bona opera. n. 47-50

XI. Quod ex Fide hodiernae Ecclesiae redundet Cultus oris et non vitae, cum tamen cultus oris acceptus est Domino secundum cultum vitae. n. 51-52

XII. Quod doctrina hodiernae Ecclesiae confasciata sit per plura Paradoxa, quae fide amplectenda sunt; et quod ideo ejus dogmata solum intrent memoriam, et non in aliquem intellectum supra illam, sed modo in confirmationes infra illam. n. 53-57

XIII. Quod Dogmata hodiernae Ecclesiae non possint nisi cum magna difficultate disci. et quin elabantur retineri, et non nisi cum multa parcimonia et cautela, ne nuditas illorum appareat, praedicari et doceri, propter causam, quia vera Ratio illa non percipit et recipit. n. 58-59

XIV. Quod Doctrina fidei hodiernae Ecclesiae addicet Deo Proprietates humanas, ut quod homines aspexerit ex ira, quod velit reconciliari, quod reconcilietur per amorem in Filium, et per intercessionem; et quod velit propitiari per miseriam visam in Filio, et sic reduci in Misericordiam; et quod supplicanti ex sola fide injusto imputet justitiam Ipsius, et quod sic faciat hunc ab inimico amicum, et ex filio irae filium gratiae. n. 60-63

XV. Quod ex Fide hodiernae Ecclesiae enati sint et adhuc enasci possint Foetus enormes; sicut Momentanea Salvatio ex immediata Misericordia; Praedestinatio; nulla attentio Dei ad actus hominis, sed ad solam fidem; quod non detur Vinculum charitatis et fidei; quod homo in conversione sit sicut truncus; praeter plura; etiam de Sacramentis, Baptismo et Sacra Coena, quoad principia rationis de usufructu illorum educta ex Doctrina justificationis per solam fidem; ut et de Persona Christi. Haeretica a Primis saeculis ad hodiernum ¹ non aliunde quam ex Doctrina super idea trium Deorum fundata scaturiverunt. n. 64-69

XVI. Quod Status ultimus Ecclesiae hodiernae, quando finis ejus, per Consummationem saeculi, et tunc Adventum Domini, apud Matthaeum 24:3 Cap. intelligatur. n. 70-73

XVII. Quod infestatio a falsis, et inde consummatio omnis veri, seu desolatio, hodie in Ecclesiis Christianis, per Afflictionem magnam, qualis non fuit ab initio Mundi nec fiet, apud Matthaeum 24:21 Cap. intelligatur. n. 74-76

XVIII. Quod non Amor, nec Fides, neque Cognitiones boni et veri, in Ecclesia Christiana tempore ultimo, quando finis ejus instat, sint, intelligatur per haec in eodem Capite XXIV apud Matthaeum; post afflictionem istorum, Sol obscurabitur, et Luna non dabit lumen suum et Stellae cadent de Caelo, et Virtutes Caelorum commovebuntur, Vers. 29. n. 77-81

XIX. Quod illi qui in hodierna Fide Justificante sunt, per Hircos apud Danielem, et apud Matthaeum intelligantur. n. 82-86

XX. Quod illi, qui in hodierna Fide justificante se confirmaverunt, in Apocalypsi per Draconem, duas ejus Bestias, et per Locustas, et quod ipsa illa Fides confirmata, ibi per magnam Urbem quae spiritualiter vocatur Sodoma et Aegyptus, ubi bini testes occisi sunt, ut et per Puteum abyssi, ex quo Locustae exiverunt, intelligantur. n. 87-90

XXI. Quod nisi Nova Ecclesia instauretur a Domino, nemo possit salvari; et quod hoc intelligatur per haec, Nisi abbreviarentur dies isti, non conservaretur ulla caro, Matthaeus 24:22. n. 91-94

XXII. Quod aperitio et rejectio Dogmatum fidei hodiernae Ecclesiae, ac revelatio et receptio Dogmatum fidei novae Ecclesiae, intelligatur per haec in Apocalypsi, Dixit Sedens super Throno, ecce Nova omnia faciam, et dixit. scribe, quia haec verba vera et fida sunt, Cap. 21:5. n. 95-98

XXIII. Apocalypsi 21 Cap. et 22, agitur; quae ibi vocatur Sponsa et Uxor Agni. n. 99-101

XXIV. Quod Fides Novae Ecclesiae nequaquam possit una esse cum Fide prioris Ecclesiae, et quod si una sunt, fiat collisio et conflictio talis, ut pereat omne Ecclesiae apud hominem. n. 102-104

XXV. Quod Romano-Catholici de Imputatione Meriti Christi, et de Justificatione per fidem ejus, in quam Ecclesia illorum initiata est, hodie nihil sciant, quoniam prorsus obtecta jacet per Externa cultus, quae sunt plura: et quod ideo si illi quoad partem recedunt ab externis cultus sui, ac immediate adeunt Deum Salvatorem Jesum Christum, et quoque binas Species in sacra Eucharistia sortiuntur, possint in Novam Hierosolymam, hoc est, in Novam Ecclesiam Domini prae Reformatis introduci. n. 105-108

De Imputatio. n. 109-113

DUO MEMORABILIA ex APOCALYPSI REVELATA. n. 114-115

APPENDIX CORONARIA.

FIDES NOVI CAELI ET NOVAE ECCLESIAE IN UNIVERSALI FORMA. n. 116

FIDES NOVI CAELI ET NOVAE ECCLESIA IN PARTICULARI FORMA. n. 117

SEQUUNTUR TRIA MEMORABILIA EX APOCALYPSI REVELATA DESUMPTA. n. 118-120

586. 13:7 It was granted it to make war with the saints and overcome them. This symbolically means that they attacked the Word's Divine truths and overturned them.

War symbolizes spiritual war, which is a war of falsity against truth, and of truth against falsity (no. 500). To make war, therefore, symbolically means to attack. Saints mean people who are governed by Divine truths from the Lord through the Word, and thus, abstractly from persons, Divine truths themselves (no. 173). Consequently, to overcome the saints means, symbolically, to cause truths not to prevail, thus to overturn them.

The following declaration in Daniel has a similar symbolic meaning, that the fourth beast to come up from the sea, which had a mouth speaking great words, "made war with the saints and prevailed" (Daniel 7:7-8, 21). To be shown that the male goat means faith divorced from charity, see The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding Faith, nos. 61-68.

The following has a similar meaning:

...a king shall arise, having fierce features, who understands intrigues... He shall destroy the mighty, and also the holy people... He shall even rise against the Prince of princes... He shall cause deceit to prosper under his hand. (Daniel 8:23-25)

The king is the male goat, as said in verse 21.

Very similar is symbolism found in the statement that "the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against (the two witnesses), overcome them, and kill them" (Revelation 11:7, and no. 500). They will overcome them because the laity do not see through the clergy's sophistries, which they call mysteries, for the clergy wrap them up in appearances and fallacious reasonings. That is why the people said, "Who is like the beast? Who can fight against it?" (verse 4, and nos. 579-581).

[2] That saints (or holy ones) mean people governed by truths from the Lord through the Word can be seen from the passages cited in no. 173 above, and also from the following:

(Jesus said, "Father,) sanctify them in Your truth. Your Word is truth... ...I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified in the truth... I in them, and You in Me. (John 17:17, 19, 23)

Jehovah came from Sinai..., He came from the ten thousands of the holy; from His right hand came a fiery law for them... All His saints are in Your hand...; each shall receive Your words. (Deuteronomy 33:2-3)

It is apparent from this that those people are called saints who are governed by Divine truths from the Lord through the Word. Moreover, those who live according to the commandments, that is, to the Word's truths, are called the saints or holy people of Jehovah (Leviticus 19:2, Deuteronomy 26:18-19). The Decalogue is the covenant they were to keep (see no. 529 above, and The Doctrine of Life for the New Jerusalem60).

It was for this reason that the place in the Tabernacle where the Ark was, containing the Decalogue, was called the holy of holies or the most holy place (Exodus 26:33-34).

[3] Those people who live according to the Word's truths are called saints, not because they are holy, but because the truths in them are holy; and truths are holy when they come from the Lord in them, and they have the Lord in them when they have His truths in them (John 15:7).

Because of their truths from the Lord, angels are called holy (Matthew 25:31, Luke 9:26). So, too, are prophets, (Luke 1:70, Revelation 18:20; 22:6). And also apostles (Revelation 18:20).

It is because of this that the Temple is called a holy temple (Psalms 5:7; 65:4). That Zion is called a holy mountain (Isaiah 65:11, Jeremiah 31:23, Ezekiel 20:40, Psalms 2:6; 3:4; 15:1). That Jerusalem is called a holy city (Isaiah 48:2; 64:10, Revelation 21:2, 10, Matthew 27:53). That the church is called a holy people (Isaiah 62:12; 63:18, Psalms 149:1), and also a kingdom of saints (Daniel 7:18, 22, 27).

They are called saints because in an abstract sense angels symbolize Divine truths from the Lord; prophets symbolizes doctrinal truths; apostles symbolize the church's truths; and the Temple symbolizes heaven and the church in respect to Divine truth, as do also Zion, Jerusalem, the people, and the kingdom of God.

That no one is holy in himself, not even angels, may be seen in Job 15:14-16. But they are holy from the Lord, because the Lord alone is holy (Revelation 15:4, no.173).