AE 209 [4]
. . . all the power that angels and people have
from the Lord
is from the good of love;
and since the good of love does not act from itself but through truths,
therefore all power is from the good of love through truths,
and with those who are spiritual,
from the good of charity through the truths of faith.
For good takes on a quality through truths,
good without truths having no quality
and where there is no quality
there is neither force nor power.
From this it is clear,
that good has all power through truths,
or charity through faith,
and neither charity apart from faith
nor faith apart from charity has any power.
Monday, July 26, 2010
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