DF 6-7
(DF = The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding Faith)
. . . faith and truth are bound up together.
Because of this, ancient peoples,
who out of an affection for truths
thought more about them than people today,
spoke of truth instead of faith.
That, too, is why truth and faith
are the same word in Hebrew,
being called emunah or amen.
Faith is the term used by the Lord in the Gospels
and in the book of Revelation
because the Jews did not believe it to be true
that the Lord was the Messiah foretold by the prophets;
and when truth is not believed,
the term "faith" is used instead.
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