Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 1092

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1092. Verse 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan, a slave of slaves will he be to his brothers.

'Cursed be Canaan' means that external worship separated from internal turned itself away from the Lord. 'A slave of slaves will he be to his brothers' means the lowest thing in the Church.


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