--_True Christian Religion, n._ 414
FAITH AND DOUBT
There are those who are in doubt before they deny, and there are those
who are in doubt before they affirm. Those in doubt before they deny,
are men who incline to a life of evil. When that life sways them, they
deny things spiritual and celestial to the extent that they think of
them. But those in doubt before they affirm, are men who incline to a
life of good. When they suffer themselves to be turned to this life by
the Lord, they then affirm things spiritual and celestial to the
extent that they think of them.
--_Arcana Coelestia, n._ 2568
THE FAITH OF THE FAITHFUL
It is one thing to know truths, another to acknowledge them, and yet
another to have faith in them. Only the faithful can have faith.
--_Arcana Coelestia, n._ 896
The only faith that endures with man springs from heavenly love. Those
without love have knowledge merely, or persuasion. Just to believe in
truth and in the Word is not faith. Faith is to love truth, and to
will and do it from inward affection for it.
--_Heaven and Hell, n.
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