Thursday, February 23, 2012

AC 2039 - loves of three kinds

AC 2039
There are loves of three kinds
that constitute the celestial things of the Lord's kingdom,
namely, conjugial love,
love for infants,
and the love for society, or mutual love.
Conjugial love is the principal love of all,
because it has within it the end of greatest use,
namely, the propagation of the human race,
and thereby of the Lord's kingdom,
of which it is the seminary.
Love toward infants follows next,
being derived from conjugial love;
and then comes the love for society, or mutual love.

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