1471. In this way they understand what the fruit of faith is, that is, they understand that affection or love is life, and therefore embraces everything of faith based on understanding (the idea of which then passes away), and thus everything in the will (the idea of which then passes away), and finally in the action, which is the fruit of faith (and then the idea of action passes away). Then there is only affection in its own forms of expression, or rather, there is affection alone, for they will not let form, or the term "form," enter. They understand only this, that understanding, will and action is affection alone, and if they are so portrayed, the idea of understanding, and then of will, and then of action, passes away.