In the Christian world... it is believed that angels were created at the beginning, and that heaven was formed of them; and that the Devil or Satan was an angel of light, who, becoming rebellions, was cast down with his crew, and that this was the origin of hell.

First of all it must be known who the God of heaven is, since upon that all the other things depend.

This Divine truth flows into heaven from the Lord from His Divine love

Goodness shapes our will, and truth shapes our understanding.

The Lord casts no one down in Hell, but the spirit casts himself hither.

Sacred scripture is like a mirror in which we see God, although each in a different way.

Goodness and love mould the form into their own image, and cause the joy and beauty of love to shine forth from every part of the face.