1078. That 'the father of Canaan' means worship in external things devoid of internal has been discussed already. From faith separated from charity no other kind of worship can possibly arise. Indeed the internal man is charity, and never faith devoid of charity. This is why the person who is destitute of charity cannot possibly have any other kind of worship than external devoid of internal. And because it is from faith separated from charity that such worship arises, Ham was called 'the father of Canaan', and in what follows Ham is not the subject, but Canaan.
