6707. From all this it is now plain that the degree in which each individual person is the neighbour is determined by the character of his Christian good. For since that good is the Lord's He is present in it, and the degree of His presence is decided by the character of it. And because the origin of the neighbour ought to be traced back to the Lord, it is also plain that distinctions of the neighbour are determined by the different degrees of the Lord's presence in good, thus by the character of that good.