AC 6959 - leprosy - profanation

AC 6959 [3]
. . . "leprosy" signifies the profanation of truth . . .:
- That they who are within the church can profane holy things,
but not they who are without it.
- That holy things cannot be profaned,
except by those who have previously acknowledged them.
- That it is also profanation
to acknowledge and believe truths and goods,
and yet to live contrary to them.
- That a person is withheld from profanation
as much as possible;
- that the lot of profaners is the worst of all in the other life.