78. "'And that you cannot bear those who are evil.'" This symbolically means that they cannot endure to have evils called goods, or the converse, because it is contrary to doctrinal truths.

That this declaration has this symbolic meaning is apparent from the one that directly follows, which means, symbolically, that they have examined what in the church are called goods and truths, when in fact they are evils and falsities.

Knowing whether goods are good or evil is a matter of doctrine, and a part of its truths, whereas doing goods or evils is a matter of life. The present declaration is made, therefore, of people who regard doctrinal truths primarily, and not goods of life (no. 73).

In the spiritual sense those who are evil do not mean evil people, but evils themselves, because that sense is abstracted from person.