6514. 'My father made me swear on oath' means that he has the Church at heart. This is clear from the representation of Israel, to whom 'father' refers here, as the spiritual Church, dealt with in 4286, 6426; and from the meaning of 'making to swear on oath' as placing under an inner obligation, here as having at heart. For one who is under an inner obligation and so is bound by conscience does a thing because he has it at heart. This therefore is what is meant here by 'making to swear on oath'.