Divine Love and Wisdom (Harleys) n. 34

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34. THE DIVINE LOVE IS OF DIVINE WISDOM, AND THE DIVINE WISDOM IS OF DIVINE LOVE

That the Divine Esse and the Divine Existere in God are one distinctly, may be seen above (n. 14-16). And because Divine Esse is Divine Love, and Divine Existere is Divine Wisdom, so these similarly are one distinctly. They are said to be one distinctly because love and wisdom are two distinct things, yet so united that love is of wisdom and wisdom is of love; for in wisdom love IS and in love, wisdom EXISTS. And because wisdom derives its Existere from love (as was said above n. 15), therefore Divine Wisdom also is Esse. From this it follows that Divine Love and Wisdom taken together are the Divine Esse, but taken distinctly, Love is called the Divine Esse, and Wisdom the Divine Existere. Such is the angelic idea of Divine Love and Wisdom.


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