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Genesis 1:10

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10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

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Arcana Coelestia #7626

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7626. All this too may be used to form an idea of what a member of the Church is like when his faith is combined with charity - he is like a garden, like a park. But when faith is not combined with charity, he is like a solitary waste, like land covered with snow.

  
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