458. The reason why this love is a treasure-house of Christian religion is that this religion makes one with that love and lives with it. For it has been shown that only those who approach the Lord and [love] the truths of His church and do its good deeds can come into possession of that love and continue in it (70, 71)*. Likewise it was shown that the Lord is the sole source of that love, so that it is only possible among those of the Christian religion (131, 335, 336); this love depends upon the state of the church, which is in turn dependent on a person's state of wisdom (130). For a proof of these points see the whole chapter [VI] on its correspondence with the marriage of the Lord and the church (116-131), and the chapter [V] on the source of this love as coming from the marriage of good and truth. (83-102). * A necessary correction for 58, 59 in the original.