Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 2725

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2725. About spirits who wanted to enter into the mysteries of faith by thinking, and to believe because of reasoned arguments

It happened very often that spirits wanted to enter by reasonings into the mysteries of faith, and not believe unless they mentally grasped that something could be so. I was inspired to tell them that they should still be believed even if we do not grasp them with the understanding, and that it was the wrong way around to want to believe because they understand, and this was shown in many ways.


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