AC 6222- the intellectual (Ephraim) and the will of the church (Manasseh)

AC 6222 [portions of 2, 3, & 4]
The intellectual of the church is to perceive from the Word what the truth of faith is, and what is the good of charity.

... the intellectual of the church consists in a person's perceiving, when he reads the Word and carefully compares one passage with another, what is to be believed, and what is to be done. This intellectual is to be found only in such people as are enlightened by the Lord . . . this enlightenment is to be found only in such people who desire to know truths, not for the sake of reputation and glory, but for the sake of life and use.

... they who are in the intellectual of the church are clearly able to perceive that the word everywhere teaches that love to the Lord and charity toward the neighbor are essentials of the church; and that the life of a person remains after death; and that his life is from his loves....

[6] This is the intellectual which is represented by Ephraim; but the good of the church, which is represented by Manasseh, is the good of charity which is insinuated by the Lord into the person of the church by means of the truths of faith; for these, together with the good of charity, are what flow into the intellectual and enlighten it, and also make the intellectual and the will constitute one mind.