1323. Furthermore, it was shown that the whole heaven, both the heaven of spirits and that of angels, still seems to exercise judgment. Some do so from their office, according to their provinces in the body. Others do so from their being willing or unwilling to admit spirits into their company, thus as they like or dislike their society, and so each one judges concerning that society by admitting or rejecting any one. The heaven of angels judges in like manner concerning those things which are of faith, which are the things meant by the twelve tribes and the twelve thrones and the disciples; for the angels of the three-fold heaven love to admit into their societies those who are of the faith, or they do not admit them, and thus they judge. Nevertheless, it is by no means the angels who exercise judgment, but the Lord alone who so disposes universally and in the most single particulars that it may so be. The angels know no otherwise than that they are the ones who agree and thus admit, since it is done by their consent. This, then, is what is meant by the twelve thrones, the twelve tribes and the twelve apostles, and not that they are the ones who are to judge, which is altogether false.