AC 3487 - Two States of Perversion of the Church; AC 3488 - Where Faith and Charity Are

AC 3487

. . . the first state of the perversion of the church,
which was that they would begin no longer to know
what is good and what is true;
but would dispute about it among themselves,
from which falsities would originate.

. . . the second state of the perversion of the church,
which is that they would despise good and truth,
and also turn away from them;
and thus that faith in the Lord would step by step expire,
as charity would cease.

AC 3488 [6, 8]

. . . where faith is not,
there is charity is not,
and where charity is not,
faith is not;
but charity is that which receives faith,
and no charity is that which rejects faith:
this is the origin of every falsity and every evil.

. . . when they are in falsity and evil,
they no longer know what is true and what is good;
they then believe falsity to be truth,
and evil to be good,
and the reverse;
and when the church is in this state,
Then shall the end come.