AC 3839 - Two Kinds of Affections Shining From the Word

AC 3839 [2, 4]

There are principally two kinds of affections
which shine forth from the Word before the angels,
namely, affections of truth and affections of good --
affections of truth before the spiritual angels,
and affections of good before the celestial angels.
Affections of good, which are of love to the Lord,
are altogether unutterable to a person,
and are therefore incomprehensible;
but affections of truth, which are of mutual love,
may in some measure be comprehended
as to what is most general,
yet only by those who are in genuine mutual love,
and this not from any internal perception,
but from such as is obscure.

The case is similar in regard to the other affections
which are from good and truth,
and which are of good and truth,
as is also evident from the fact
that the angels are solely in ends,
and in the uses of ends.
Ends are nothing else than loves or affections;
for what a person loves, that he regards as an end.
And this being the case,
the angels are in the affections
of the things that are in the Word;
and this with all variety,
according to the kinds of affections
in which the angels are.
From this it is sufficiently evident
how holy the Word is;
for in the Divine love,
that is, in the love which is from the Divine,
there is holiness,
and therefore in the things contained in the Word.