Sunday, February 04, 2024

AC 139, 140 - The Divine Good and Truth

HH 139

It should be known
that the Divine Good and the Divine Truth
that are from the Lord as a Sun in the heavens,
are not in the Lord
but from the Lord.
In the Lord there is only Divine Love,
which is the Being (Esse) from which that
Divine good and truth come into existence.
Existing (existere) from being (esse)
is meant by going forth (procedens).
This, too, can be made clear by comparison
with the sun of the world.
The heat and light that are in the world
are not in the sun but from it. In the sun,
there is fire only,
and it is from this that heat and light
come into existence and go forth.

HH 140

Since the Lord as a Sun is Divine Love,
and Divine Love is Divine Good Itself,
so the Divine that goes forth from the Lord
which is His Divine in heaven,
is called, for the sake of distinction, Divine Truth,
although it is Divine Good united to Divine Truth.
This Divine Truth is what is called
the Holy going forth from Him.

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