The Bible

 

Genesis 1:15

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15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

Commentary

 

Lancet

  

'A lancet' signifies truth.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 2799)

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Arcana Coelestia #7755

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7755. In the Church good is primary and truth secondary, that is, charity is primary and faith secondary. For truth that doctrine teaches, the truth of faith, exists for the sake of goodness of life; and the end for the sake of which something exists is what is primary.

  
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