SO FAR AS ANY ONE SHUNS EVILS AS SINS,
SO FAR HE LOVES TRUTHS
DLIFE 32, 37
There are two universals that proceed from the Lord,
Divine Good and Divine Truth:
Divine Good is of His Divine Love,
and Divine Truth is of His Divine Wisdom.
These two in the Lord are one,
and consequently proceed from Him as one;
but they are not received as one
by angels in the heavens and by people on earth.
. . . the angels of all the heavens
are so far in wisdom and intelligence
as the good with them
unites with truth.
The good which does not unite with truth
is to them not good;
and on the other hand,
the truth which does not unite with good
is to them not truth.
From this it is evident
that good conjoined with truth
constitutes love and wisdom
with angel and people;
and since an angel is an angel
from the love and wisdom with him,
and similarly a person is a person,
it is evident that good conjoined with truth
makes an angel to be an angel of heaven,
and a person to be a person of the Church.
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