Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 7260

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7260. The names they gave to those towards whom they were to exercise charity were many. Some they called the blind, some the lame, and others the crippled; some they called the poor, as well as the wretched and afflicted, some orphans, and others widows. But in general they called them the hungry whom they were to feed, the thirsty to whom they were to give drink, strangers whom they were to take in, the naked whom they were to clothe, the sick whom they were to visit, and those in prison whom they were to go to. Regarding all these, see 4954-4959.


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