True Christian Religion (Chadwick) n. 713

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713. Contrariwise there are three opposites to these universals: the devil, evil and falsity. The devil (by which we mean hell) is in opposition to the Lord, evil is in opposition to good and falsity to truth. These three make one, for where the devil is, there are evil too and the falsity which comes from it. These three also contain at the universal and the particular level everything to do with hell and also the world, which are in opposition to heaven and the church. But being opposites they are therefore totally separate, yet still held in a relationship by the amazing way in which the whole of hell is subject to heaven, evil is subject to good and falsity to truth; this subjection has been described in my book called HEAVEN AND HELL [536-544].


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