414# 祖国之所以较群体更是邻舍，是因为祖国由多个群体构成；因此，对祖国之爱乃是范围更广、层次更高的爱。不仅如此，爱祖国就是爱公共的福祉。
祖国之所以是邻舍，是因为它如同父母；人在其中出生，它曾养育并仍在养育他；它曾保护并仍在保护他，使他免受侵害。出于爱，应当按照祖国的需要向祖国行善；这些需要有的是属世的，有的是属灵的。属世的需要关涉公民生活与公民秩序；属灵的需要则关涉属灵生活与属灵秩序。
祖国应当被爱，并非如人爱自己那样，而是应甚于爱自己；这乃是铭刻在人心中的律。由此便产生了这样一种宣告，且为一切正义之人所承认：若祖国面临来自敌人或其他方面的毁灭，能为祖国而死乃是光荣之事；士兵为祖国流血乃是荣耀之事。这样说，是因为祖国当被爱到如此程度。
须知，那些爱祖国，并出于善愿而向祖国行善的人，死后便爱主的国度，因为在那里，主的国度就是祖国；而那些爱主国度的人，也爱主，因为主是祂国度中万有之中的一切。
414# 一个人的国家比一个社区更是一个邻舍，因为国家是由许多社区组成的；因此，对国家的爱是一种更广、更高的爱。此外，爱国家就是爱公众福祉。一个人的国家就是邻舍，因为国家就像父母；他生在这个国家，国家一直滋养着他，现在继续滋养着他，并一直保护着他，现在继续保护着他，使他免受伤害。人们应当出于对国家的爱，根据国家的需要而向它行善；其中一些需要是属世的，一些需要是属灵的。属世的需要涉及世俗的生活和秩序，属灵的需要涉及属灵的生活和秩序。每个人都必须爱自己的国家，不是像爱他自己一样，而是胜过他自己，这是一条铭刻在人类心中的律法；每个正直的人都赞同的普世格言由此而来，即：如果国家受到来自敌人或其它任何源头的毁灭威胁，为国家献身是高尚的，为保卫国家而流血对一个士兵来说是光荣的。说这句格言是为了强调，对国家的爱何等伟大。要知道，那些爱自己的国家，出于善意为它提供良好服务的人，死后则爱主的国，因为那时，主的国就是他们的国家；那些爱主国的人，就是爱主自己，因为主是祂国度全部中的全部。
V. 要被爱的教会是更高层级的邻舍；主的国是最高层级的邻舍
414. Our country is our neighbor more than our community is, because our country consists of many communities. Love for our country is therefore broader and higher. Loving our country is also loving the well-being of the general public.
Our country is our neighbor because it is like a parent. We were born in it. It has nourished us and continues to nourish us. It has kept us safe from harm and continues to do so.
We are to do good to our country with love according to what it needs. Some of its needs are earthly and some are spiritual. Its earthly needs center on its civic life and order. Its spiritual needs center on its spiritual life and order.
We are to love our country not merely as much as we love ourselves; we are to love it more. There is a law written on the human heart that gives rise to the statement all just people say when they are in imminent danger of dying because of an enemy or some other cause. They say that it is a noble thing to die for their country. They say that it is a glorious thing for soldiers to shed their blood for their country. They say this because that is how much one ought to love one's country.
It is important to know that if people love their country and benefit it because they wish it well, they love the Lord's kingdom after death. The Lord's kingdom is their country at that point. And those who love the Lord's kingdom love the Lord, since the Lord is everything to all his kingdom.
414. The reason one's country is more the neighbour than one's community is that it is composed of a number of communities, so that love directed towards it is wider and higher. Moreover, loving one's country is loving the well-being of the people. One's country is the neighbour because it is a kind of parent; it is where one was born; it has fed and feeds one; it has protected and protects one from injury. One should do good to the country one loves according to its needs, some of which are natural, some spiritual. Natural needs are concerned with its secular life and order, spiritual ones with its spiritual life and order.
[2] There is a law engraved on the hearts of men that one's country should be loved, not as a person loves himself, but more than oneself. This law commands, and this is what every righteous man declares, that if one's country is threatened with destruction by an enemy or any other danger, it is a noble act to die in its defence, and a soldier should take pride in shedding his blood for it. People say this because one's country ought to be loved that dearly. It needs to be known that those who love their country and do good to it as the result of their good will, after death love the Lord's kingdom, since this is then their country; and those who love the Lord's kingdom love the Lord, because the Lord is all in all to His kingdom.
414. One's country is more a neighbor than a single community, because it consists of many communities, and consequently love towards the country is a broader and higher love. Moreover, loving one's country is loving the public welfare. One's country is the neighbor, because it is like a parent; for one is born in it, and it has nourished him and continues to nourish him, and has protected and continues to protect him from injury. Men ought to do good to their country from a love for it, according to its needs, some of which are natural and some spiritual. Natural needs relate to civil life and order, and spiritual needs to spiritual life and order. That one's country should be loved, not as one loves himself, but more than himself, is a law inscribed on the human heart; from which has come the well-known principle, which every true man endorses, that if the country is threatened with ruin from an enemy or any other source, it is noble to die for it, and glorious for a soldier to shed his blood for it. This is said because so great should be one's love for it. It should be known that those who love their country and render good service to it from good will, after death love the Lord's kingdom, for then that is their country; and those who love the Lord's kingdom love the Lord Himself, because the Lord is the all in all things of His kingdom.
414. One's country is the neighbor more than a society, because it consists of many societies; and consequently love towards it is of a more extensive and higher kind; moreover, to love one's country is to love the public welfare. A man's country is the neighbor, because it resembles a parent; for in it he was born, it has nourished and still nourishes him, and it continues to protect him, as it has always done. Men are bound from love to do good to their country according to its needs, some of which are natural and some spiritual. Natural needs regard civil life and order; and spiritual needs regard spiritual life and order. That every man is bound to love his country, not as he loves himself, but with a greater love, is a law inscribed on the human heart; hence the universal maxim, to which every upright man subscribes, that if ruin threatens one's country from an enemy or any other source, it is noble to die for it, and glorious for a soldier to shed his blood in its defense. This maxim has been so expressed to emphasize how greatly one's country should be loved. Those who love their country and render it good service from goodwill, after death, love the Lord's kingdom, for this is now their country; and those who love His kingdom, love the Lord, because the Lord is the all in all of His kingdom.
414. Quod Patria sit Proximus prae Societate, est quia illa ex pluribus Societatibus consistit, et inde est Amor erga illam amor extensior et superior; et insuper amare patriam, est amare salutem 1 publicam; Quod Patria sit Proximus, est quia illa Parentis instar est, ibi enim natus est; illa nutrivit et nutrit illum; illa ab injuriis tutata est et tutatur illum. Patriae ex Amore benefaciendum est secundum necessitates ejus; quarum quaedam sunt naturales, quaedam spirituales; Naturales spectant vitam et ordinem civilem, Arcana Coelestia 2 Spirituales vitam et ordinem spiritualem.
[2] Quod Patria amanda sit, 3 non sicut homo amat seipsum, sed prae se ipso, est Lex inscripta Cordibus humanis, ex qua promulgatum est hoc, quod enuntiatur ab omni justo, quod si imminet exitium ejus ex hoste, aut aliunde, illustre sit pro illa mori, ac militi gloriosum sanguinem pro illa effundere; hoc dicitur, quia illa in tantum amanda est. Sciendum est, quod illi, qui amant Patriam, et ei ex benevelle benefaciunt, post mortem ament Regnum Domini, nam hoc ibi est Patria, et qui amant Regnum Domini, illi amant Dominum, quia Dominus est omne in omnibus sui Regni.
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