Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 1473

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1473. 'And they will say, This is his wife' means that they will call those cognitions celestial. This is clear from the meaning of 'a wife' as truth allied to celestial things, and consequently 'this is his wife' means that which is celestial.


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