Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 7258

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7258. Teachings about celestial good, which are teachings about love to the Lord, are very extensive and at the same time the most profound. But teachings about spiritual good, which are those about charity towards the neighbour, though they too are extensive and profound, are less so than teachings about celestial good, that is, those about love to the Lord. The fact that teachings about charity are extensive may be recognized from the consideration that it is not possible for charity to be the same with one person as with another, and that no one person is the neighbour in the same way as any other.


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