6794. 'And she bore a son' means the truths from that union. This is clear from the meaning of 'bearing', which is used in reference to the things belonging to the Church, that is, faith and charity (these births are products of the heavenly marriage, which is the marriage of goodness and truth and is represented by marriages on earth); and from the meaning of 'a son' as truth, dealt with in 489, 491, 533, 2623, 3373.