AC 2049, 2051 - "sons that are strangers"; AC 2053 - the forming of conscience

AC 2049
. . . "sons that are strangers"
signify those who are not born within the church,
as is the case with the Gentiles.
Gentiles, who are outside the church,
may be in truths, but not in the truths of faith.
Their truths, like the precepts of the Decalogue,
are that parents are to be honored,
that men are not to kill, steal, commit adultery,
or covet things that belong to others;
also that the Deity is to be worshiped.
But the truths of faith
are all doctrinal things concerning eternal life,
the Lord's kingdom, and the Lord Himself,
which cannot be known to the Gentiles
because they have not the Word.

They are purified when they reject filthy loves,
and live with one another in charity;
for then they live in truths,
since all truths are of charity . . ..

AC 2051
. . . purification from those filthy loves
is necessary most of all within the church,
and this for the reason
that they who are within the church
are able to render holy things themselves impure,
which they who are outside the church - that is, the Gentiles - cannot do . . . .
Moreover those who are within the church
are able to form principles of falsity contrary to the very truths of faith . . ..
whereas those who are outside the church cannot do this,
because they are ignorant of these truths.
Thus the former can profane holy truths, but not the latter . . ..

AC 2053 [2]
The truths of conscience are various,
that is, they are according to each person's religion;
and these truths, provided they are not contrary to the goods of faith,
the Lord will not do violence to,
because the person has taken them to himself,
and has regarded them as holy.
The Lord breaks no one, but bends him,
as may be seen from the fact
that in every teaching within the church
there are some who are being gifted with conscience,
which conscience is a better one
in proportion as its truths approach more closely
to the genuine truths of faith.
As conscience is formed from truths of faith of this kind,
it is evident that it has been formed in the intellectual part of a person,
for it is the intellectual part that receives these truths;
and therefore the Lord
has miraculously separated this part from the will part
- an arcanum not previously known . . ..