Thursday, May 15, 2014

AC 10460 - the internal of the Word, of the church, of worship

AC 10460
. . . he who turns himself away from the internal of the Word,
also turns himself away from the internal of the church,
and likewise from the internal of worship,
because the internal of the church
and the internal of worship
are from the internal of the Word.
For the Word teaches
what must be the quality of the person of the church,
or what must be the quality of the church with a person,
and likewise what must be the quality of worship
with the person of the church;
because it is the goods and truths of love and of faith
that make the internal church, and also internal worship.
The Word teaches these goods and truths,
and these are the internal things of the Word.

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