HH 266
What the wisdom of the angels is
can be inferred from the fact that they are in the light of heaven,
and the light of heaven
in its essence is Divine truth or Divine wisdom . . ..
The angels are also in heavenly heat,
which in its essence is Divine good or Divine love,
and from that they have an affection and longing to become wise.
That the angels are in wisdom,
even to the extent that they may be called wisdoms,
follows from the fact that their thoughts and affections
all flow in accordance with the heavenly form,
and this form is the form of Divine wisdom;
also that their interiors,
which are recipients of wisdom,
are arranged in that form.
[2] That the angels have supereminent wisdom
is shown also by the fact that their speech is the speech of wisdom,
for it flows directly and spontaneously from thought,
and their thought from their affection,
thus their speech is thought from affection in outward form . . ..
That the angels have such wisdom
is in accord with the fact that all things
that they behold with their eyes and perceive by their senses
agree with their wisdom,
since they are correspondences of it,
and thus the objects perceived
are representative forms of the things that constitute their wisdom.
super·emi·nent (so̵̅o̅′pər em′ə nənt), adj.
eminent beyond others in rank, dignity, etc.;
supremely remarkable, distinguished, etc.
(from Websters)
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