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Exposición Breve de la Doctrina de la Nueva Iglesia #2

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2. Doctrinas de la Iglesia Católica Romana con respecto a la Justificación, según el Concilio de Trento.

En la Bula del Papa Pio IV de fecha 13 de noviembre de 1564, están las siguientes palabras: “Abrazo y recibo todas y cada una de las cosas que el excelentísimo Concilio de Trento ha determinado y declarado con respecto al pecado original y la justificación”.

  
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Apocalipsis 21:2

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2 Y yo Juan vi la santa Ciudad, Jerusalén la nueva, que descendía del cielo, aderezada de Dios, como la esposa ataviada para su marido.

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Arcana Coelestia #6112

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6112. 'And Joseph gathered up all the silver' means all factual knowledge that held truth in it and was appropriate. This is clear from the meaning of 'gathering up' as bringing together into a single whole; from the representation of 'Joseph' as the internal celestial, often dealt with already; and from the meaning of 'silver' as truth, dealt with in '551, 2954, 5658, but in this case factual knowledge that holds truth in it and is appropriate, for this silver existed, as stated in the words that immediately follow, in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan. All this shows that 'Joseph gathered up all the silver' means that the internal celestial brought together into a single whole all factual knowledge that held truth in it and that was appropriate. Factual knowledge is said to hold truth in it and to be appropriate when there are no illusions to darken it, for as long as these cannot be dispelled, factual knowledge is rendered inappropriate. The same is true of factual knowledge which has not become perverted through applications of it to falsities and to evils by others or by oneself, for once imprinted on factual knowledge such falsities and evils remain. Factual knowledge therefore which does not languish under these defects is factual knowledge that holds truth in it and is appropriate.

  
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