6629. Since this is what the people of the Ancient Churches were like, they lived on a more internal level; and since they lived on that level they had greater wisdom. For those who are governed by the good of love and charity are in heaven so far as their internal man is concerned and are in an angelic community there that is governed by a good similar to their own. Their minds have therefore been raised to things on a more internal level, and as a consequence wisdom is theirs. Wisdom can come from no other source than heaven, that is, from the Lord by way of heaven; and wisdom resides in heaven because those who are there are governed by good.