Heavenly Doctrine (Tafel) n. 75

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75. The evils belonging to those who are in the love of self, are, in general, contempt of others, envy, enmity against those by whom they are not favoured, and hostile actions on this ground; hatreds of various kinds, revenges, cunning, deceit, mercilessness, and cruelty. Where such evils exist, there is also a contempt of the Divine, and of Divine things, namely, of the goods and truths of the Church: should they honour these things, it is done only with the lips, and not with the heart. As such evils proceed from this love, similar falsities also originate thence; for falsities proceed from evils.


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