New Church Life May/June 2016 | Page 7

 • A special program in Bryn Athyn College on domestic violence • A teachable moment from the Academy Secondary Schools production of Oliver! – a special workshop for students on domestic violence and other consciousness-raising activities • The second annual Book Expo at Bryn Athyn College • Family and student summer camps: Jacob’s Creek, Laurel, Living Waters and the British Academy Summer School O U R N E W C H U RC H V O C A B U L A R Y Part of a continuing series developed by the Rev. W. Cairns Henderson, 1961-1966. FALSITY This term occurs frequently in the Writings, and several distinctions are involved in the different ways it is used. Falsity is everything that is contrary to truth; and falsities, which are the principles and persuasions of what is false, are scientifics which resemble what is rational and intellectual. In general there are two kinds of falsity – falsity from evil and falsity producing evil. By the former is meant all that man thinks while he is in evil, all that favors his evil. By the latter is meant any principle grounded in a man’s religion which he wrongly believes to be true and which will lead to evil when applied. Falsities of concupiscence are those which confirm the things of the world and its pleasures. Falsities of ignorance exist with those who are in good as to life but through no fault of their own are without truths. What is contrary to truth is falsity, but truth applied to justify and confirm evil is what has been falsified. Fallacies are falsities with which evils conjoin themselves. (See Arcana Coelestia 790, 2243, 6400, 9144, 9331; Divine Providence 220) 209