Thursday, October 11, 2012

AC 3704 - Divine Good - Father; Divine Truth - Son

AC 3704 [2,6]
. . . the Lord in His essence
is nothing else than Divine good,
and this as to both the Divine Itself and the Divine Human;
but Divine truth is not in Divine good,
but from Divine good . . ..
And as Divine good comes to appearance as Divine truth,
therefore for the sake of a person's understanding
the Lord's Divine is distinguished
into Divine good and Divine truth,
and Divine good is that which in the Word is called "Father,"
and Divine truth is that which is called "Son."
This is the arcanum which lies concealed in the fact
that the Lord Himself so often speaks of His Father as distinct,
and as if another than Himself;
and yet in other places asserts that He is one with Himself.

When being initiated into the good of love and its truth,
all little children are there (in heaven)
taught to acknowledge the Lord alone as their Father;
even novitiates who come into heaven
are taught with solicitous care that there is one God . . ..

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