62、⑶这爱和主与教会的婚姻之间存在对应关系。换句话说，由于主爱教会，并希望教会也爱祂，所以丈夫和妻子彼此相爱。在基督教界，众所周知，这两种婚姻之间存在一种对应关系，然而却不知道它的性质。所以，我将在接下来的章节（64节）详细解释这种对应关系；在此提及它是为了说明，婚姻之爱是属天、属灵和神圣的，因为它对应于主与教会的属天、属灵和神圣的婚姻。这种对应关系也可从“婚姻之爱源于良善与真理的婚姻”推知，如前节所述（60节），因为良善与真理的婚姻形成人里面的教会。事实上，良善与真理的婚姻和仁与信的婚姻是一回事，因为良善关乎仁，真理关乎信。人们不得不承认，该婚姻形成教会，因为这是一个普世真理。凡普世真理，人一听闻就承认。这是由于主的流注，同时由于天堂所给出的确认。由于教会来自主，因而是主的；且婚姻之爱对应于主与教会的婚姻，所以可知，这爱出自主。
62、在这种爱和主与教会的结合中有一种对应关系。换句话说，因为主爱教会，并希望教会也爱主，所以丈夫和妻子互相相爱。
在基督教界人们知道有这种对应关系，但却不知道它的本质。所以这种对应关系将在以下单独的一章进行阐述。在这里提到是因为要证明婚姻之爱是天国般的，有灵性的，是神圣的，因为它与天国的灵性、神圣的的主与教会的结合相对应。
这种对应关系还与善与真理的结合相对应。因为在一个人身上所体现的教会就是善与真理的结合。因为善与真理的结合与仁爱和信仰的结合是一回事儿。因为善也就是仁爱的体现，真理也就是信仰的体现。没人会否认这两者的结合组成了教会。这是永恒的真理，真理一经传播就会被接受，这就是主的流入（主的影响）的结果，同时也是天国存在的证据。
因为教会是主的，它来自于主。因为婚姻之爱与主与教会的结合相对应，所以这种爱来自于主。
62. (iii) This love stands by correspondence for the marriage of the Lord with the church.
This means that husband and wife love each other, as the Lord loves the church and wants the church to love Him. It is well known in Christendom that there is a correspondence between these things, but so far no one knows what sort of correspondence it is. This will therefore be explained in another section following this devoted to this subject [64]. The correspondence is mentioned here so that it may be seen that conjugial love is celestial, spiritual and holy, because it corresponds to the celestial, spiritual and holy marriage of the Lord and the church. This correspondence also follows from conjugial love being the product of the marriage of good and truth, as stated in the previous section, because the marriage of good and truth is what makes the church with a person. For the marriage of good and truth is the same as the marriage of charity and faith, since good has to do with charity and truth with faith. It is impossible to fail to acknowledge the fact that this marriage is what makes the church, because it is a universal truth; and every universal truth is acknowledged as soon as it is heard. This is due to the Lord's influence, and at the same time to the confirmation given by heaven. Now since the church, being from the Lord, is His, and since conjugial love corresponds to the marriage of the Lord and the church, it follows that this love comes from the Lord.
62. 3. There is a correspondence between this love and the marriage of the Lord and the church. In other words, as the Lord loves the church and wants the church to love Him, so a husband and wife love each other.
In the Christian world, people know there is a correspondence between these two relationships, but they do not yet know the nature of it. Therefore this correspondence will be explained in a separate chapter as well, in the chapter after next. 1It is mentioned here in order to show that conjugial love is celestial, spiritual and holy, because it corresponds to the celestial, spiritual and holy marriage of the Lord and the church.
This correspondence also follows from the origin of conjugial love from the marriage between good and truth, referred to under the preceding heading, because the church in a person is a marriage of good and truth. For a marriage of good and truth is the same thing as a marriage of charity and faith, since good is a matter of charity and truth is a matter of faith. One cannot help but recognize that this marriage forms the church, because it is a universal truth, and every universal truth is acknowledged as soon as it is heard, which occurs as a result of the Lord's influx and, at the same time, the affirmation of heaven.
Now, since the church is the Lord's, being from the Lord, and since conjugial love corresponds to the marriage of the Lord and the church, it follows that this love comes from the Lord.
Footnotes:
1. See "The Marriage of the Lord and the Church and Correspondence to It," nos. 116ff.
62. 3. This love corresponds to the marriage of the Lord and the church. In other words, a husband and wife love each other just as the Lord loves the church and wants the church to love Him. The Christian world knows about the correspondence between these things, but does not yet know what it is like, so a special chapter that follows will show what the correspondence is like. I mention it here to show that the love in marriage is heavenly, spiritual, and holy because it corresponds to the heavenly, spiritual, and holy marriage of the Lord and the church.
Moreover, this correspondence results from the source of married love being the marriage of good and truth (mentioned in the last article) because the marriage of good and truth is the church with mankind. For the marriage of good and truth is the same thing as a marriage of charity and faith, since good is charity, and truth is faith - a marriage that constitutes the church. It is impossible not to see this, because it is a universal truth, and all universal truths are recognizable as soon as they are heard. This is because of the Lord's influence and also his encouragement from heaven.
Now, since the church is the Lord's because it comes from the Lord, and since the love in marriage corresponds to the marriage of the Lord and the church, this means that this love is from the Lord.
62. III. THAT THE CORRESPONDENCE OF THIS LOVE IS WITH THE MARRIAGE OF THE LORD AND THE CHURCH, that is, as the Lord loves the Church and wills that the Church shall love Him, so husband and wife mutually love each other. That there is a correspondence between these marriages is known in the Christian world, but not as yet its nature. This correspondence, therefore, shall be explained in a particular chapter which also follows. It is mentioned here to the end that it may be seen that conjugial love is celestial, spiritual, and holy, because it corresponds to the celestial, spiritual, and holy marriage of the Lord and the Church. This correspondence, moreover, follows from the origin of conjugial love from the marriage of good and truth, treated of in the preceding article, the marriage of good and truth being the Church with man. The marriage of good and truth is the same as the marriage of charity and faith, since good pertains to charity and truth to faith. That this marriage makes the Church must needs be acknowledged for it is a universal truth, and every universal truth is acknowledged as soon as heard. This is due to influx from the Lord and at the same time to confirmation by heaven. Now, as the Church is the Lord's because from the Lord, and as conjugial love corresponds to the marriage of the Lord and the Church, it follows that this love is from the Lord.
62. (iii) There is a correspondence between this love and the marriage of the Lord and the Church. That is, husband and wife love each other as the Lord loves the Church and wishes the Church to love Him. The Christian world has known that there is a correspondence between the two unions, but not what the nature of it is. This correspondence, too, will be explained in a separate chapter 1to follow. Mention is made of it here to the end that it may be seen that marital love is celestial, spiritual and holy from its correspondence with the celestial, spiritual and holy marriage of the Lord and the Church. This correspondence indeed results from the origin of marital love in the marriage of good and truth (of which in the preceding proposition), inasmuch as this marriage is the Church with a human being. For the marriage of good and truth is the same thing as the marriage of charity and faith, good being of charity, and truth of faith, and that this marriage makes the Church cannot but be acknowledged, for it is a universal truth, and every universal truth is acknowledged when first heard, due to influx from the Lord and to confirmation from heaven. Furthermore, as the Church is the Lord's, being from Him, and as marital love corresponds to the marriage of the Lord and the Church, it follows that this love is from the Lord.
Footnotes:
1. 116
62. (3) That the correspondence of this love is with the marriage of the Lord and the church. That is, as the Lord loves the church and desires that the church shall love Him, so husband and wife mutually love each other. It is known in the Christian world that there is a correspondence between them; but what is its nature is not yet known. This correspondence shall therefore, be explained in a particular chapter which also follows. It is mentioned here to the end that it may be seen that conjugial love is celestial, spiritual, and holy, because it corresponds to the celestial, spiritual, and holy marriage of the Lord and the church. This correspondence moreover follows from the origin of conjugial love from the marriage of good and truth, of which in the preceding section, because the marriage of good and truth is the church with man; for the marriage of good and truth is the same as the marriage of charity and faith, since good is of charity and truth is of faith. That this marriage constitutes the church cannot but be acknowledged, for it is a universal truth, and every universal truth is acknowledged as soon as it is heard, which comes from the influx from the Lord and at the same time from the confirmation of heaven. Now, as the church is the Lord's because from the Lord, and as conjugial love corresponds to the marriage of the Lord and the church, it follows that this love is from the Lord.
62. III: Quod illius Amoris correspondentia sit cum Conjugio Domini et Ecclesiae; hoc est, quod sicut Dominus amat Ecclesiam, ac vult ut Ecclesia amet Ipsum, ita maritus et uxor se mutuo ament; quod Correspondentia 1sit inter illa, in Orbe Christiano notum est, sed qualis illa est, nondum notum est, quare illa Correspondentia in singulari Paragrapho, qui etiam sequitur, explanabitur: hic memoratur illa, propter finem, ut videatur quod Amor conjugialis sit coelestis, spiritualis, et sanctus, quia correspondet coelesti, spirituali et sancto Conjugio Domini et Ecclesiae: haec Correspondentia etiam sequitur ex Origine amoris conjugialis ex Conjugio boni et veri, de qua in Articulo praecedente, quia Conjugium boni et veri est Ecclesia apud hominem; Conjugium enim boni et veri est idem cum Conjugio charitatis et fidei, quoniam bonum est charitatis et verum est fidei; quod hoc Conjugium faciat Ecclesiam, non potest non agnosci, quia est Universale verum, et omne Universale verum agnoscitur, ut primum auditur, quod est ex influxu Domini et simul confirmatione Coeli: nunc quoniam Ecclesia est Domini quia a Domino, et quoniam Amor conjugialis correspondet Conjugio Domini et Ecclesiae, sequitur quod ille Amor sit a Domino.
Footnotes:
1. Prima editio: Correspondenti