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Génesis 3:19

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19 en el sudor de tu rostro comerás el pan, hasta que vuelvas a la tierra, porque de ella fuiste tomado. Porque polvo eres, y al polvo serás tornado.

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Arcana Coelestia #203

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203. Spiritual angels however do discuss faith; they even confirm matters of faith by means of intellectual concepts, rational concepts, and factual knowledge. But they never use these as a means to arrive at a conclusion concerning faith. Those who do that are under the influence of evil. For spiritual angels also have from the Lord a perception of everything that is a matter of faith, but the nature of their perception is not the same as that of celestial angels. The perception that spiritual angels have is a measure of conscience vitalized by the Lord. It seems like celestial perception, but it is merely spiritual perception and not celestial.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.