CHURCH, the, is from the Lord, and exists with those who come to Him,
and live according to His precepts, 129. The church is the Lord's
kingdom in the world, corresponding to his kingdom in the heavens; and
also the Lord conjoins them together, that they may make a one, 431. The
church in general and in particular is a marriage of good and of truth,
115. The church with man is formed by the Lord by means of truths to
which good is adjoined, 122-124. The church with its goods and truths
can never exist but with those who live in love truly conjugial with one
wife, 76. The church is of both sexes, 21. The husband and wife together
are the church; with these the church first implanted in the man and by
the man in the wife, 125. How the church is formed by the Lord with two
married partners, and how conjugial love is formed thereby, 68. The
origin of the church and of conjugial love are in one place of abode,
238.