Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 4812

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4812. His sons by Tamar mean the two essentials of the Church, which are faith and love - Perez meaning faith and Zerah love. Their birth represents the truth that love is in actual fact the firstborn of the Church, and that faith only appears to be this.


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