27. 3. IF A MAN HAS MUCH KNOWLEDGE AND MUCH WISDOM, AND DOES NOT SHUN EVILS AS SINS, HE IS NEVERTHELESS NOT WISE. The reason for this is similar to that given before, namely, that he is wise from himself, and not from the Lord. For example: if he knows the doctrine of his Church and all that relates to it, perfectly; if he knows how to confirm it all by the Word and by reasonings; if he knows the doctrines of all the Churches throughout the ages, and also the decrees of all the Councils; indeed, if he knows truths, and also sees and understands them; if, for instance, he knows what faith is, and charity, piety, repentance and the remission of sins, regeneration, baptism and the Holy Supper, the Lord, redemption and salvation, still he is not wise if he does not shun evils as sins. For his knowledge is without life, because it is of his understanding only, and not at the same time of his will; and because it is of this nature it perishes in course of time, for the reason mentioned above No. 15. Moreover, after death the man himself rejects this knowledge, for it does not agree with the love of his will. Still, however, cognitions* are most necessary, because these teach how a man should act; and when he brings them into act, then they live in him; but not before. * The term cognitiones, here used in the Latin, is translated "cognitions" to distinguish these knowledges from those that are meant by the Latin scientifica also used in the Writings of Swedenborg. Two of the meanings most commonly associated with cognitiones are, (i) a particular species of knowledge, as knowledges of the Word, of good and truth, or of spiritual things (A.C. 24, 3665, 9945; N.J.H.D. 51; H.H. 111, 351, 469, 474, 517, 518); and (ii) a higher type of knowledge which is from understanding and perception (A.C. 1486-7; H.H. 353).