Saturday, October 24, 2009

AC 10261 - One

AC 10261 [2]
But it should be remembered
that in itself the Lord's Divine Good is a single whole;
for it is infinite and contains infinite characteristics.
What is infinite is a single whole,
because the infinite characteristics it contains make one.
But the distinguishing of that Good into celestial and spiritual
is due to the different ways
in which angels in heaven and people on earth receive it.
That received by angels and people
belonging to the Lord's celestial kingdom
is called celestial Divine Good,
whereas that received by angels and people
belonging to the Lord's spiritual kingdom
is called spiritual Divine Good.
For all angels in heaven and people on earth receive the Lord's Good,
which is a single whole, in various or dissimilar ways.

[7] For in the Word wherever good is the subject,
truth is also, on account of the marriage of them.
In like manner wherever the celestial is the subject, the spiritual is also.

(From my husband's daily reading today.)

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