2730. Members of the Most Ancient Church above all others on this earth lived in genuine conjugial love, because they were celestial people dwelling in truth from good, and were in the Lord's kingdom together with the angels; and it was in that love that for them heaven consisted. But their descendants, among whom the Church declined, began to love their children and not their married partners; for those who are evil are able to love their children, but only those who are good are able to love their married partner.