quality distinct from other Divine attributes or
qualities. So, too, where He is called "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,"
three are not meant, but one God; that is, there are not three Divines,
but one; and this trine which is one is the Lord.

Since each name signifies some distinct attribute or quality, "to
profane the name of God" does not mean to profane His name itself but
His quality. "Name" signifies quality for the reason that in heaven
everyone is named according to his quality; and the quality of God or
the Lord is everything that is from Him by which He is worshipped. For
this reason, since no Divine quality of the Lord is acknowledged in hell
the Lord cannot be named there; and in the spiritual world His names
cannot be uttered by anyone except so far as His Divine is acknowledged;
for there all speak from the heart, thus from love and consequent
acknowledgment. (A.E., n. 959.)

Since "the name of God" means that which is from God and which is God,
and this is called Divine truth, and with us the Word, this must not be
profaned, because it is in itself Divine and most holy; and it is
profaned when its holiness is denied, which is done when it is despised,
rejected, and treated contemptuously. When this is done heaven is
closed and man is left to hell. For as the Word is the only medium of
conjunction of heaven with the church, so when the Word is cast out of
the heart that conjunction is dissolved; and because man is then left to
hell he no longer acknowledges any truth of the church.

There are two things by which heaven is closed to the men of the church.
One is a denial of the Lord's Divine, and the other is a denial of the
holiness of the Word; and for this reason, that the Lord's Divine is the
all of heaven; and Divine truth, which is the Word in the spiritual
sense, is what makes heaven; which makes clear that he who denies the
one or the other denies that which is the all of heaven and from which
heaven is and exists, and thus deprives himself of communication and
consequent conjunction with heaven. To profane the Word is the same as
"blaspheming the Holy Spirit," which is not forgiven to anyone,
consequently it is said in this commandment that he who profanes the
name of God shall not be left unpunished. (A.E., n. 960.)

As Divine truth or the Word is meant by "the name of God," and the
profanation of it means a denial of its holiness, and thus contempt,
rejection, and blasphemy, it follows