AC 8370 - The Setting In Order of Truths

AC 8370

It is said "by means of the good of love,"
because all setting in order of truths
is effected by means of the good of love;
for it is under and according to good
that truths apply themselves,
and make with good as it were one body.
It is said
"according to the image of the person in whom they are,"
because the image of a person's spirit --
which is the person himself,
for it is the inward person --
is precisely according to the setting in order
of the truths from good with him.
Hence it is that when angels are made present,
a sphere of the good of love pours out from them,
and affects those who are present,
and truths of faith shine forth from their faces.
In the spiritual world such things appear,
and are openly perceived.
It is said that this setting in order
is effected after temptation,
because goods and truths are implanted in a person
by means of temptations,
but are not set in order until afterward;
for the state of temptation is turbulent,
but the state after temptation is tranquil.
The setting in order is effected in tranquility.
On this account also temptations
are followed by what is pleasant
by reason of enlightenment from truth,
and by what is delightful
by reason of the affection of good.