114. The men of the Most Ancient Church lived in true conjugial love to a greater degree than any other inhabitants of this planet. They are those who were described by the ancients as having lived in the golden age, when innocence, love, and justice reigned; their heaven was in that love. But among their successors, after the loss of acknowledgment of the Lord and consequently love to Him, conjugial love was lost though the love of children remained. But children can be loved even by the wicked, whereas a wife can only be loved by the good.