BE 102, 103 - The Collision and Conflict of Different Faiths

BE 102, 103

The faith of the New Church
cannot by any means be together
with the faith of the former church,
and if they are together,
such a collision and conflict will take place
that everything of the Church with a person will perish.

There is a further reason why the faith
of the former church and the faith of the New Church
cannot possibly be together,
and that is, because they are heterogeneous;
for the faith of the former church springs
from an idea of three gods,
but the faith of the New Church from the idea of one God;
and as consequently there arises
a heterogeneity between them,
there must inevitably,
if they are together,
be such a collision and conflict,
that everything of the church would perish;
that is, a person would either fall
into a delirium or into a swoon, as to spiritual things,
until at length he would scarcely know
what the church is, or whether there be any church.