Divine Love and Divine Wisdom

...relation to one God. Therefore, the speech of the angels is such that, through a certain consistent harmony flowing from the harmony of heaven, it ends in unity. This indicates that it is impossible for them to think of more than one God, because their speech proceeds from their thought.

27. What person of sound reason does not perceive that the Divine cannot be divided? Also, that it is impossible for there to be a plurality of Infinites original: "Infinites," referring to beings that are boundless and eternal., Uncreated beings, Omnipotents, and Gods? If someone without reason should say that several Infinites, Uncreated beings, Omnipotents, and Gods are possible, provided they share the same essence original: "essence," meaning the fundamental nature or substance of a thing., and that this makes them one infinite, uncreated, and almighty God—is not one and the same essence the same identity? And a single identity cannot be shared among many. If it were said that one comes from the other, then the one who comes from the other is not God in Himself; yet God in Himself is the God from whom all things exist. See above, number 16.

28. THAT THE DIVINE ESSENCE ITSELF IS LOVE AND WISDOM.

If you gather all the things you know and examine them with your mind, and ask yourself in a moment of spiritual reflection what the universal principle of them all is, you cannot conclude anything else than that it is love and wisdom. These two principles are the essentials of everything in human life. All civil, moral, and spiritual matters belonging to a person depend on these two, and without them, they are nothing. The same is true for human life in its collective state, which—as previously mentioned—is a larger or smaller society, a kingdom or empire, the church, and also the angelic heaven. Take away love and wisdom from them, and consider if they are anything at all; you will discover that without these as the basis of their existence, they are nothing.

29. No one can deny that in God there is love and, at the same time, wisdom in their very essence; for He loves everyone from the love within Himself and guides everyone from the wisdom within Himself. Furthermore, when viewed through the principle of order, the created universe is so full of wisdom grounded in love that it may be said that all things in their entirety are wisdom itself. Uncountable original: "indefinite," here meaning things so numerous they cannot be counted, rather than vague or uncertain. things exist in such order—both one after another and all at once—that together they form a single whole. It is for this reason, and no other, that they can be held together and preserved forever.

30. Because the Divine Essence itself is love and wisdom, a human being has two faculties original: "faculties," meaning inherent mental powers or capacities. of life: one from which they have understanding, and the other from which they have will. The faculty of understanding derives everything it has from the influx original: "influx," the spiritual flow or influence from God into the human mind. of wisdom from God; and the faculty of will derives everything it has from the influx of love from God. The fact that a person may not be truly wise or may not exercise their love rightly does not take away these faculties, but only closes them up within. And so long...