910. 'The measure of a man, that is, of an angel' signifies that Church's quality of making one with heaven. By 'measure' is signified the quality of a thing (n. 313, 486). By 'a man' here is signified the Church [composed] of men, and by 'an angel' is signified heaven [composed] of angels. Consequently by 'the measure of a man, that is, of an angel' is signified the Church's quality of making one with heaven. By 'a man' in the Word is signified intelligence and wisdom derived from the Word (n. 243), intelligence and wisdom derived from the Word with a man being the Church with him. Consequently by 'a man' in the aggregate or in general, that is, when a society or assembly is called 'a man', in the spiritual sense is understood the Church. This is why the prophets were termed 'sons of man' and the Lord Himself called Himself 'the Son of Man', and 'Son of Man' is the Truth of the Church derived from the Word, and when said of the Lord it is the Word Itself from which the Church is derived. By 'an angel' is signified three things, in the highest sense the Lord, in a general sense heaven or a heavenly society, and in particular Divine Truth. That these three are signified by 'an angel' may be seen (n. 5, 65, 570, 258, 342, 344, 415, 465, 644, 647, 648, 657, 718), here the heaven with which the Lord's New Church will make one. That the Church that is derived from the Word, thus is from the Lord, is a Church in consociation with heaven and in conjunction with the Lord, may be seen above (n. 818). It is otherwise with a Church that is not derived from the Word of the Lord.