517. Since, therefore, the violation of spiritual marriage is the violation of the word, it is evident that this violation is the adulteration of good and the falsification of truth - spiritual marriage, as was said, being the marriage of good and truth. It follows from this, that when the good of the word is adulterated and the truth of the word falsified, this marriage is violated. How the violation is committed, and by whom, will be evident to some extent from what follows.
