Wednesday, July 31, 2013

AC 6784 - the power of falsity?

AC 6784 [2]
That true memory-knowledge prevails
over the power of the doctrine of falsity from evil,
is because the Divine is in all truth from good,
whereas in falsity from evil
there is the contrary,
and what is contrary to the Divine
does not prevail at all.
Therefore in the other life
a thousand who are in falsity from evil
prevail not at all
against one who is in truth from good;
but at the presence of this one
the thousand flee,
and if they do not flee
they are tortured and tormented.
It is said falsity from evil,
because this is truly falsity,
whereas falsity not from evil,
but from ignorance of the truth,
is not so.
Evil is that which is opposite to heaven,
but not falsity from ignorance;
indeed, if in the ignorance
there is anything of innocence,
then this falsity is accepted by the Lord as truth;
for they who are in such falsity receive truth.


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