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OLIVE FRUITA symbol of love and faith, implying courage. “Moreover, as to this fruit of the olive, if the matter be examined, you will find what it was. The fruit of the olive signifies charity. How do we prove this? Just as oil is kept down by no liquid, but bursting through all, bounds up and overtops them; likewise charity cannot be pressed to the bottom, but must of necessity show itself at the top." - AUGUSTINE, Gospel of John, Vol. I. p. 88. "An olive signifies love and charity, because the olive tree signifies the celestial church, and thence the olive, which is its fruit, signifies celestial love, which love is love to the Lord; hence it is that this love is also signified by the oil, by which all the holy things of the church were anointed." - SWEDENBORG, Apocalypse Revealed, n. 493. In Judaic legends the olive is the Tree of Life." - A. JEREMIAS, The Old Test., etc., Vol. I. p. 209. |
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