75. One may conclude from this the kind of wisdom that lies concealed in the Word that exists in the world. For concealed in it is all the wisdom of angels, which is beyond description. Indeed, the Word is the containing vessel of that wisdom. And a person comes into it after death if he is made an angel by the Lord through the Word.
Doctrine of the Sacred Scripture＃104
104. The Word Is the Means by Which Those Have Light Who Are Outside the Church and Do Not Have the Word
No conjunction with heaven is possible unless somewhere on earth there is a church which has the Word and where the Lord is consequently known, because the Lord is God of heaven and earth, and there is no salvation apart from the Lord.
It is enough for a church to exist that has the Word, even if it consists of relatively few people. The Lord is still everywhere present by means of the Word throughout the whole world; for by it heaven is conjoined with the human race. To be shown that the conjunction exists by means of the Word, see nos. 62-69 above.
