DF 49 - two evil religious principles

DF 49

There are two evil religious principles

into which every church in course of time degenerates,

one that adulterates its goods,

and the other that falsifies its truths.

That which adulterates the goods of the church

springs from the love of rule,

and that which falsifies the truths of the church

springs from the conceit of self-intelligence.

The religious principle that springs from the love of rule

is meant in the Word by "Babylon,"

and that which springs from the conceit of self-intelligence

is meant in the Word by "Philistia."