Sunday, October 13, 2013

AC 8013 - before regeneration

AC 8013 [2]
. . .  the life before regeneration
is according to the precepts of faith,
but after regeneration
it is according to the precepts of charity.
Before regeneration
no one knows from affection what charity is,
but only from doctrine;
and the person then lives
according to the precepts of doctrine,
which are called precepts of faith;
but after regeneration
he knows from affection what charity is,
for he then loves his neighbor,
and from the heart wills good to him,
and he then lives
according to a law that is written on him,
for he acts from the affection of charity.

(Precepts is translated by Eliot as commandments.)

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