Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 6531

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6531. 'And their herds' means the exercising of charity. This is clear from the meaning of 'herds' as exterior forms of the good of charity, dealt with in 2566, 5913, 6048, thus the exercising of charity, since these are the exterior forms that the good of charity takes.


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