Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 6630

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6630. But in the course of time that ancient wisdom diminished; for to the extent that the human race departed from the good of love to the Lord and of charity towards the neighbour, so also did it depart from wisdom, since it departed from heaven to the same extent. Thus it is that from living on an internal level mankind has gradually come to live on an external one.


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