AC 7131
. . . it is a truth of memory-knowledge
- that charity toward the neighbor is the essential of the church;
- also that faith cannot be except where charity is;
- and likewise that truth and good can be conjoined,
- but not truth and evil, nor good and falsity;
besides many similar truths,
which are truths of memory-knowledge.
That these can be enriched with innumerable things,
can be seen from the fact
that volumes can be written about them,
and yet the singular truths,
which are the interior things of faith,
can never be described,
for these can only be seen in the light of heaven,
and do not fall into natural words.
These truths are like charity,
which is spiritual affection,
and which for the most part cannot be expressed by words,
except its most general things . . .
and which can be compared
with such things as are in the world.
Sunday, August 25, 2013
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