Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 694

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694. About belief

Again today I spoke with souls and spirits about belief, saying that the belief of Christians at this day is a memorized faith, only recited by mouth, and therefore outside of the person; while a belief that is inside of the person is today almost non-existent. For their works reveal what their belief is, namely, the opposite of belief. Such is their character in the other life. There, when [souls and spirits] want to search out where someone's belief resides, it is [found] outside of the person, as far away as the moon is from the earth.


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