AC 4448 - the Most Ancient Church & the Ancient Church

AC 4448
For the Most Ancient Church, being celestial,
was in the good of love to the Lord,
and so in the perception of all truth,
because the people of that church were almost like angels,
and had communication with them,
from which came their perception,
and therefore they never reasoned about any truth of faith,
but said "It is so," because they perceived it from heaven,
insomuch that they were not willing even to mention faith,
but in its stead charity,
and this is the reason
why by "interior truth" is here meant the good of charity.

The case was different with the Ancient Church
which was spiritual,
for this church was not in love to the Lord,
 as was the Most Ancient Church,
but was in charity toward the neighbor;
and they could not attain to charity
except through the truth of faith,
of which they had no perception,
like the most ancient people,
and therefore
they then began to make an investigation about truth
to see whether it is so.