114、通过太阳的光和热可以对仁之良善和信之真理形成某种概念。当太阳发出的光与热结合时，如春夏时的情形，地上的万物就会发芽、开花。但当这光里面没有热时，如冬天里的情形，地上的万物就会变得迟钝并凋亡。属灵之光实际上就是信之真理，属灵之热是爱。这一切能使人对教会成员在拥有与仁结合的信时是何性质形成某种概念，即：他就像一个花园和乐园；也能对他的信没有与仁结合时，他是何性质形成某种概念，即：他就像一片荒漠或冰雪覆盖的大地。
114、通过观察太阳的热与光，可以形象的理解爱之良善与信之真理相互关系。当春夏之际，来自太阳的光与热联合，使得大地万物复苏，生机盎然。但若到了冬天有光无热时，地上的万物就进入休眠或凋亡。信仰的真理就是属灵之光，而爱就是属灵之热。通过这些事例可以设想，当信仰与仁爱结合时，教会之人的光景就会像天堂的乐园。而当信仰没有仁爱与之相伴时，人的光景就像荒漠或冰雪覆盖的大地。
114. We can form some image of the relationship between good actions that come from caring and the truth that belongs to religious faith if we think in terms of the warmth and light of the sun. When the light that radiates from the sun is joined to warmth, as is the case in spring and summer, then everything on earth sprouts and blossoms. When there is no warmth in the light, though, as is the case in winter, then everything on earth becomes dormant and dies. The truth that belongs to religious faith is spiritual light, and love is spiritual warmth.
This makes it possible for us to form some image of what people of the church are like when faith is joined to caring in them. They are just like a garden paradise. Their image, though, when faith is not joined to caring in them is like that of a desert or a land buried in snow.
114. You can get an idea of how goodness relates to kindness and how truth relates to faith by thinking about the sun’s light and heat. When the light coming from the sun is combined with warmth, as it is in spring and summer, everything on earth sprouts and blooms. But when there is no warmth in the light, as happens in winter, everything on earth becomes dormant and dies off. Spiritual light is the truth that makes up faith, and spiritual warmth is love.
From this you can get an idea of what religious people are like when their faith is combined with kindness — they are like gardens and orchards. But religious people whose faith is not combined with kindness are like deserts or snow-covered land.
114. Some idea of good, which relates to charity, and truth, which relates to faith, can be formed from the sun's light and heat. When the light radiated by the sun is combined with heat, as happens in springtime and summer, then everything on our earth buds and flowers. But when there is no heat in the light, as in wintertime, then everything on earth grows sluggish and dies off. Spiritual light actually is the truth of faith, and spiritual heat is love. This will enable one to form an idea of what a member of the church is like, when he has faith combined with charity; he is like a garden or park; or again, what he is like when his faith is not combined with charity; he is then like a desert or a countryside covered in snow.
114. From the light and heat of the sun an idea may be formed concerning the good belonging to charity and the truth belonging to faith. When the light which proceeds from the sun is conjoined with heat, as is the case in spring-time and summer, everything on the earth's surface germinates and blooms; but when there is no heat in the light, as in wintertime, everything on the face of the earth grows torpid and dies. Spiritual light also is the truth of faith, and spiritual heat is love. An idea may be formed from this concerning the quality of a member of the Church when faith with him is conjoined to charity, in which case he is like a garden and a paradise; and also concerning his quality when faith with him is not conjoined to charity; in which case he is like a desert, and like a land covered with snow.
114. An idea concerning the good which is of charity, and concerning the truth which is of faith, may be formed from the light and heat of the sun. When the light which proceeds from the sun is conjoined to heat, as is the case in the time of spring and summer, then all things of the earth germinate and flourish; but when there is no heat in the light, as in the time of winter, then all things of the earth become torpid and die; also spiritual light is the truth of faith, and spiritual heat is love. From these things an idea may be formed concerning the man of the church, what his quality is when faith with him is conjoined to charity, namely, that he is like a garden and paradise; and what his quality is when faith with him is not conjoined to charity, that he is like a desert and earth covered with snow.
114. Idea de bono quod charitatis et de vero quod fidei, formari potest ex solis luce et calore. Lux, quae procedit a sole, cum conjuncta est calori, quod fit tempore veris et aestatis, tunc omnia telluris germinant et florent; at cum in luce non est calor, ut tempore hiemis, tunc omnia telluris torpent et emoriuntur: etiam lux spiritualis est verum fidei, et calor spiritualis est amor. Ex his idea formari potest de homine ecclesiae, qualis ille est, quando apud illum conjuncta est fides charitati, quod nempe sit sicut hortus et paradisus; et qualis ille, quando apud illum non conjuncta est fides charitati, quod sit sicut desertum et terra nive objecta.