DP 52
One must know, however,
that the Divine in itself
exists in the Lord,
while the Divine from itself
is the Divinity present
from the Lord
in created things.
DP 53
. . . it is never possible for someone finite
to regard the infinite,
but that it is possible for the infinite being
to regard something infinite from itself
in finite beings.
DP 55
In everything that it does,
Divine providence regards
something infinite and eternal from itself,
especially in saving humankind.
DP 58
Since to regenerate a person
is to unite goodness and truth
or love and wisdom in him,
as they are united
in the Divinity emanating from the Lord,
therefore Divine providence
regards this especially in saving humankind.
An image of the infinite and eternal
is present in a person
only in a marriage of goodness and truth.
DP 59
People do not yet know
that throughout its progress in a person,
Divine providence regards his eternal state.
For it can regard nothing else,
because the Divine is infinite and eternal,
and the infinite and eternal or the Divine
does not exist in time.
Consequently all future events are present to it.
Moreover, because that is the nature of the Divine,
it follows that each and every thing that it does
has eternity in it.
Friday, December 20, 2024
DP 52, 53 - The Divine Infinite, and the Created Finite; DP 55, 58, 59 - What the Divine Providence Regards
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