Thomas Aquinas · 1225 – 1274

Summa Theologica

1265–1274 · Fathers of the English Dominican Province (1911–1925) · translated from the Latin

590pages

169 h 35 minreading time

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THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF SACRED DOCTRINE (TEN ARTICLES)1
THE EXISTENCE OF GOD (THREE ARTICLES)2
OF THE SIMPLICITY OF GOD (EIGHT ARTICLES)3
THE PERFECTION OF GOD (THREE ARTICLES)4
OF GOODNESS IN GENERAL (SIX ARTICLES)5
THE GOODNESS OF GOD (FOUR ARTICLES)6
THE INFINITY OF GOD (FOUR ARTICLES)7
THE EXISTENCE OF GOD IN THINGS (FOUR ARTICLES)8
THE IMMUTABILITY OF GOD (TWO ARTICLES)9
THE ETERNITY OF GOD (SIX ARTICLES)9
THE UNITY OF GOD (FOUR ARTICLES)10
HOW GOD IS KNOWN BY US (THIRTEEN ARTICLES)11
THE NAMES OF GOD (TWELVE ARTICLES)13
OF GOD'S KNOWLEDGE (SIXTEEN ARTICLES)15
OF IDEAS (THREE ARTICLES)17
OF TRUTH (EIGHT ARTICLES)18
CONCERNING FALSITY (FOUR ARTICLES)19
THE LIFE OF GOD (FOUR ARTICLES)20
THE WILL OF GOD (TWELVE ARTICLES)21
GOD'S LOVE (FOUR ARTICLES)23
THE JUSTICE AND MERCY OF GOD (FOUR ARTICLES)24
THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD (FOUR ARTICLES)25
OF PREDESTINATION (EIGHT ARTICLES)26
THE BOOK OF LIFE (THREE ARTICLES)27
THE POWER OF GOD (SIX ARTICLES)28
OF THE DIVINE BEATITUDE (FOUR ARTICLES)29
THE PROCESSION OF THE DIVINE PERSONS (FIVE ARTICLES)29
THE DIVINE RELATIONS (FOUR ARTICLES)30
THE DIVINE PERSONS (FOUR ARTICLES)31
THE PLURALITY OF PERSONS IN GOD (FOUR ARTICLES)32
OF WHAT BELONGS TO THE UNITY OR PLURALITY IN GOD (FOUR ARTICLES)33
THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIVINE PERSONS (FOUR ARTICLES)34
OF THE PERSON OF THE FATHER (FOUR ARTICLES)35
OF THE PERSON OF THE SON (THREE ARTICLES)36
OF THE IMAGE (TWO ARTICLES)37
OF THE PERSON OF THE HOLY GHOST (FOUR ARTICLES)37
OF THE NAME OF THE HOLY GHOST—LOVE (TWO ARTICLES)38
OF THE NAME OF THE HOLY GHOST, AS GIFT (TWO ARTICLES)39
OF THE PERSONS IN RELATION TO THE ESSENCE (EIGHT ARTICLES)39
OF THE PERSONS AS COMPARED TO THE RELATIONS OR PROPERTIES (FOUR ARTICLES)41
OF THE PERSONS IN REFERENCE TO THE NOTIONAL ACTS (SIX ARTICLES)42
OF EQUALITY AND LIKENESS AMONG THE DIVINE PERSONS (SIX ARTICLES)43
THE MISSION OF THE DIVINE PERSONS (EIGHT ARTICLES)44
TREATISE ON THE CREATION (QQ 44-46)45
THE MODE OF EMANATION OF THINGS FROM THE FIRST PRINCIPLE (EIGHT ARTICLES)46
OF THE BEGINNING OF THE DURATION OF CREATURES (THREE ARTICLES)47
OF THE DISTINCTION OF THINGS IN GENERAL (THREE ARTICLES)48
THE DISTINCTION OF THINGS IN PARTICULAR (SIX ARTICLES)49
THE CAUSE OF EVIL (THREE ARTICLES)50
OF THE SUBSTANCE OF THE ANGELS ABSOLUTELY CONSIDERED (FIVE ARTICLES)51
OF THE ANGELS IN COMPARISON WITH BODIES (THREE ARTICLES)52
OF THE ANGELS IN RELATION TO PLACE (THREE ARTICLES)53
OF THE LOCAL MOVEMENT OF THE ANGELS (THREE ARTICLES)53
OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ANGELS (FIVE ARTICLES)54
OF THE MEDIUM OF THE ANGELIC KNOWLEDGE (THREE ARTICLES)55
OF THE ANGEL'S KNOWLEDGE OF IMMATERIAL THINGS (THREE ARTICLES)56
OF THE ANGEL'S KNOWLEDGE OF MATERIAL THINGS (FIVE ARTICLES)57
OF THE MODE OF ANGELIC KNOWLEDGE (SEVEN ARTICLES)58
THE WILL OF THE ANGELS (FOUR ARTICLES)59
OF THE LOVE OR DILECTION OF THE ANGELS (FIVE ARTICLES)60
OF THE PRODUCTION OF THE ANGELS IN THE ORDER OF NATURAL BEING (FOUR ARTICLES)61
THE MALICE OF THE ANGELS WITH REGARD TO SIN (NINE ARTICLES)63
THE PUNISHMENT OF THE DEMONS (FOUR ARTICLES)64
THE WORK OF CREATION OF CORPOREAL CREATURES (FOUR ARTICLES)65
ON THE ORDER OF CREATION TOWARDS DISTINCTION (FOUR ARTICLES)66
ON THE WORK OF DISTINCTION IN ITSELF (FOUR ARTICLES)67
ON THE WORK OF THE SECOND DAY (FOUR ARTICLES)68
ON THE WORK OF THE THIRD DAY (TWO ARTICLES)69
OF THE WORK OF ADORNMENT, AS REGARDS THE FOURTH DAY (THREE ARTICLES)70
ON THE WORK OF THE FIFTH DAY (ONE ARTICLE)71
ON THE WORK OF THE SIXTH DAY (ONE ARTICLE)71
ON THE THINGS THAT BELONG TO THE SEVENTH DAY (THREE ARTICLES)72
ON ALL THE SEVEN DAYS IN COMMON (THREE ARTICLES)73
TREATISE ON MAN (QQ-102)74
OF THE UNION OF BODY AND SOUL (EIGHT ARTICLES)75
OF THE SPECIFIC POWERS OF THE SOUL (FOUR ARTICLES)79
OF THE INTELLECTUAL POWERS (THIRTEEN ARTICLES)80
OF THE APPETITIVE POWERS IN GENERAL (TWO ARTICLES)82
OF THE POWER OF SENSUALITY (THREE ARTICLES)82
OF THE WILL (FIVE ARTICLES)83
OF FREE-WILL (FOUR ARTICLES)84
OF THE MODE AND ORDER OF UNDERSTANDING (EIGHT ARTICLES)86
WHAT OUR INTELLECT KNOWS IN MATERIAL THINGS (FOUR ARTICLES)88
HOW THE INTELLECTUAL SOUL KNOWS ITSELF AND ALL WITHIN ITSELF (FOUR ARTICLES)89
HOW THE HUMAN SOUL KNOWS WHAT IS ABOVE ITSELF (THREE ARTICLES)90
OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SEPARATED SOUL (EIGHT ARTICLES)91
OF THE FIRST PRODUCTION OF MAN'S SOUL (FOUR ARTICLES)92
THE PRODUCTION OF THE FIRST MAN'S BODY (FOUR ARTICLES)93
THE PRODUCTION OF THE WOMAN (FOUR ARTICLES)94
THE END OR TERM OF THE PRODUCTION OF MAN (NINE ARTICLES)95
OF THINGS PERTAINING TO THE FIRST MAN'S WILL—NAMELY, GRACE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS (FOUR ARTICLES)97
OF THE MASTERSHIP BELONGING TO MAN IN THE STATE OF INNOCENCE (FOUR ARTICLES)98
OF THE PRESERVATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE PRIMITIVE STATE (FOUR ARTICLES)99
OF THE PRESERVATION OF THE SPECIES (TWO ARTICLES)100
OF THE CONDITION OF THE OFFSPRING AS TO THE BODY (TWO ARTICLES)100
OF THE CONDITION OF THE OFFSPRING AS REGARDS RIGHTEOUSNESS (TWO ARTICLES)101
OF THE CONDITION OF THE OFFSPRING AS REGARDS KNOWLEDGE (TWO ARTICLES)101
OF MAN'S ABODE, WHICH IS PARADISE (FOUR ARTICLES)102
OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THINGS IN GENERAL (EIGHT ARTICLES)103
THE SPECIAL EFFECTS OF THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT (FOUR ARTICLES)104
OF THE CHANGE OF CREATURES BY GOD (EIGHT ARTICLES)105
HOW ONE CREATURE MOVES ANOTHER (FOUR ARTICLES)106
THE SPEECH OF THE ANGELS (FIVE ARTICLES)107
OF THE ANGELIC DEGREES OF HIERARCHIES AND ORDERS (EIGHT ARTICLES)108
THE ORDERING OF THE BAD ANGELS (FOUR ARTICLES)109
HOW ANGELS ACT ON BODIES (FOUR ARTICLES)110
THE ACTION OF THE ANGELS ON MAN (FOUR ARTICLES)111
THE MISSION OF THE ANGELS (FOUR ARTICLES)112
OF THE GUARDIANSHIP OF THE GOOD ANGELS (EIGHT ARTICLES)113
OF THE ASSAULTS OF THE DEMONS (FIVE ARTICLES)114
OF THE ACTION OF THE CORPOREAL CREATURE (SIX ARTICLES)115
ON FATE (FOUR ARTICLES)116
OF THINGS PERTAINING TO THE ACTION OF MAN (FOUR ARTICLES)117
OF THE PRODUCTION OF MAN FROM MAN AS TO THE SOUL (THREE ARTICLES)118
OF THE PROPAGATION OF MAN AS TO THE BODY (TWO ARTICLES)119
TREATISE ON THE LAST END (QQ-5)120
OF MAN'S LAST END (EIGHT ARTICLES)120
OF THOSE THINGS IN WHICH MAN'S HAPPINESS CONSISTS (EIGHT ARTICLES)121
WHAT IS HAPPINESS (EIGHT ARTICLES)122
OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR HAPPINESS (EIGHT ARTICLES)123
OF THE ATTAINMENT OF HAPPINESS (EIGHT ARTICLES)124
OF THE VOLUNTARY AND THE INVOLUNTARY (EIGHT ARTICLES)125
OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HUMAN ACTS (FOUR ARTICLES)126
OF THE WILL, IN REGARD TO WHAT IT WILLS (THREE ARTICLES)127
OF THAT WHICH MOVES THE WILL (SIX ARTICLES)128
OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THE WILL IS MOVED (FOUR ARTICLES)129
OF INTENTION (FIVE ARTICLES)130
OF COUNSEL, WHICH PRECEDES CHOICE (SIX ARTICLES)131
OF THE ACTS COMMANDED BY THE WILL (NINE ARTICLES)133
OF THE GOOD AND EVIL OF HUMAN ACTS, IN GENERAL (ELEVEN ARTICLES)134
OF THE GOODNESS AND MALICE OF THE INTERIOR ACT OF THE WILL (TEN ARTICLES)136
OF GOODNESS AND MALICE IN EXTERNAL HUMAN AFFAIRS (SIX ARTICLES)137
OF THE SUBJECT OF THE SOUL'S PASSIONS (THREE ARTICLES)139
HOW THE PASSIONS DIFFER FROM ONE ANOTHER (FOUR ARTICLES)140
OF GOOD AND EVIL IN THE PASSIONS OF THE SOUL (FOUR ARTICLES)141
OF THE ORDER OF THE PASSIONS TO ONE ANOTHER (FOUR ARTICLES)142
OF THE PASSIONS OF THE SOUL IN PARTICULAR: AND FIRST, OF LOVE (FOUR ARTICLES)143
OF THE CAUSE OF LOVE (FOUR ARTICLES)144
OF THE EFFECTS OF LOVE (SIX ARTICLES)145
OF HATRED (SIX ARTICLES)146
OF CONCUPISCENCE (FOUR ARTICLES)147
OF THE CAUSE OF PLEASURE (EIGHT ARTICLES)148
OF THE EFFECTS OF PLEASURE (FOUR ARTICLES)149
OF THE GOODNESS AND MALICE OF PLEASURES (FOUR ARTICLES)150
OF PAIN OR SORROW, IN ITSELF (EIGHT ARTICLES)151
OF THE CAUSES OF SORROW OR PAIN (FOUR ARTICLES)152
OF THE EFFECTS OF PAIN OR SORROW (FOUR ARTICLES)153
OF THE REMEDIES OF SORROW OR PAIN (FIVE ARTICLES)154
OF THE GOODNESS AND MALICE OF SORROW OR PAIN (FOUR ARTICLES)155
OF THE IRASCIBLE PASSIONS, AND FIRST, OF HOPE AND DESPAIR (EIGHT ARTICLES)156
OF FEAR, IN ITSELF (FOUR ARTICLES)157
OF THE OBJECT OF FEAR (SIX ARTICLES)158
OF THE CAUSE OF FEAR (TWO ARTICLES)159
OF THE EFFECTS OF FEAR (FOUR ARTICLES)159
OF DARING (FOUR ARTICLES)160
OF ANGER, IN ITSELF (EIGHT ARTICLES)161
OF THE EFFECTS OF ANGER (FOUR ARTICLES)162
OF HABITS IN GENERAL, AS TO THEIR SUBSTANCE (FOUR ARTICLES)163
OF THE SUBJECT OF HABITS (SIX ARTICLES)164
OF THE CAUSE OF HABITS, AS TO THEIR FORMATION (FOUR ARTICLES)165
OF THE INCREASE OF HABITS (THREE ARTICLES)166
HOW HABITS ARE CORRUPTED OR DIMINISHED (THREE ARTICLES)167
OF THE DISTINCTION OF HABITS (FOUR ARTICLES)168
OF THE VIRTUES, AS TO THEIR ESSENCE (FOUR ARTICLES)169
OF THE SUBJECT OF VIRTUE (SIX ARTICLES)170
OF THE INTELLECTUAL VIRTUES (SIX ARTICLES)171
OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL VIRTUES (FIVE ARTICLES)172
OF MORAL VIRTUE IN RELATION TO THE PASSIONS (FIVE ARTICLES)173
HOW THE MORAL VIRTUES DIFFER FROM ONE ANOTHER (FIVE ARTICLES)174
OF THE CARDINAL VIRTUES (FIVE ARTICLES)175
OF THE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES (FOUR ARTICLES)176
OF THE CAUSE OF VIRTUES (FOUR ARTICLES)177
OF THE MEAN OF VIRTUE (FOUR ARTICLES)178
OF THE CONNECTION OF VIRTUES (FIVE ARTICLES)179
OF EQUALITY AMONG THE VIRTUES (SIX ARTICLES)180
OF THE DURATION OF VIRTUES AFTER THIS LIFE (SIX ARTICLES)181
OF THE GIFTS (EIGHT ARTICLES)182
OF THE BEATITUDES (FOUR ARTICLES)183
OF THE FRUITS OF THE HOLY GHOST (FOUR ARTICLES)184
OF VICE AND SIN CONSIDERED IN THEMSELVES (SIX ARTICLES)185
OF THE DISTINCTION OF SINS (NINE ARTICLES)186
OF THE COMPARISON OF ONE SIN WITH ANOTHER (TEN ARTICLES)187
OF THE SUBJECT OF SIN (TEN ARTICLES)189
OF THE CAUSES OF SIN, IN GENERAL (FOUR ARTICLES)190
OF THE CAUSES OF SIN, IN PARTICULAR (FOUR ARTICLES)191
OF THE CAUSE OF SIN, ON THE PART OF THE SENSITIVE APPETITE (EIGHT ARTICLES)192
OF THAT CAUSE OF SIN WHICH IS MALICE (FOUR ARTICLES)193
OF THE EXTERNAL CAUSES OF SIN (FOUR ARTICLES)194
OF THE CAUSE OF SIN, AS REGARDS THE DEVIL (FOUR ARTICLES)195
OF THE CAUSE OF SIN, ON THE PART OF MAN (FIVE ARTICLES)196
OF ORIGINAL SIN, AS TO ITS ESSENCE (FOUR ARTICLES)197
OF THE SUBJECT OF ORIGINAL SIN (FOUR ARTICLES)198
OF THE STAIN OF SIN (TWO ARTICLES)200
OF THE DEBT OF PUNISHMENT (EIGHT ARTICLES)200
OF VENIAL AND MORTAL SIN (SIX ARTICLES)201
OF VENIAL SIN IN ITSELF (SIX ARTICLES)202
OF THE ESSENCE OF LAW (FOUR ARTICLES)203
OF THE VARIOUS KINDS OF LAW (SIX ARTICLES)204
OF THE EFFECTS OF LAW (TWO ARTICLES)205
OF THE ETERNAL LAW (SIX ARTICLES)205
OF THE NATURAL LAW (SIX ARTICLES)206
OF HUMAN LAW (FOUR ARTICLES)207
OF THE POWER OF HUMAN LAW (SIX ARTICLES)208
OF CHANGE IN LAWS (FOUR ARTICLES)209
OF THE OLD LAW (SIX ARTICLES)210
OF THE PRECEPTS OF THE OLD LAW (SIX ARTICLES)211
OF THE MORAL PRECEPTS OF THE OLD LAW (TWELVE ARTICLES)212
OF THE CEREMONIAL PRECEPTS IN THEMSELVES (FOUR ARTICLES)214
OF THE CAUSES OF THE CEREMONIAL PRECEPTS (SIX ARTICLES)215
OF THE DURATION OF THE CEREMONIAL PRECEPTS (FOUR ARTICLES)219
OF THE JUDICIAL PRECEPTS (FOUR ARTICLES)220
OF THE REASON FOR THE JUDICIAL PRECEPTS (FOUR ARTICLES)221
OF THE NEW LAW AS COMPARED WITH THE OLD (FOUR ARTICLES)223
OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE CONTAINED IN THE NEW LAW (FOUR ARTICLES)224
OF THE NECESSITY OF GRACE (TEN ARTICLES)225
OF THE GRACE OF GOD AS REGARDS ITS ESSENCE (FOUR ARTICLES)227
OF THE DIVISION OF GRACE (FIVE ARTICLES)228
OF THE CAUSE OF GRACE (FIVE ARTICLES)229
OF THE EFFECTS OF GRACE (TEN ARTICLES)230
OF MERIT (TEN ARTICLES)232
OF FAITH (TEN ARTICLES)233
OF THE ACT OF FAITH (TEN ARTICLES)235
OF THE OUTWARD ACT OF FAITH (TWO ARTICLES)237
OF THE VIRTUE ITSELF OF FAITH (EIGHT ARTICLES)237
OF THOSE WHO HAVE FAITH (FOUR ARTICLES)239
OF THE CAUSE OF FAITH (TWO ARTICLES)240
OF THE EFFECTS OF FAITH (TWO ARTICLES)240
OF THE GIFT OF UNDERSTANDING (EIGHT ARTICLES)241
OF THE GIFT OF KNOWLEDGE (FOUR ARTICLES)242
OF UNBELIEF IN GENERAL (TWELVE ARTICLES)243
OF HERESY (FOUR ARTICLES)245
OF APOSTASY (TWO ARTICLES)246
OF THE SIN OF BLASPHEMY, IN GENERAL (FOUR ARTICLES)246
OF BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST (FOUR ARTICLES)247
OF THE VICES OPPOSED TO KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING (THREE ARTICLES)248
OF THE PRECEPTS OF FAITH, KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING (TWO ARTICLES)248
OF HOPE, CONSIDERED IN ITSELF (EIGHT ARTICLES)249
OF THE SUBJECT OF HOPE (FOUR ARTICLES)250
OF THE GIFT OF FEAR (TWELVE ARTICLES)251
OF DESPAIR (FOUR ARTICLES)252
OF PRESUMPTION (FOUR ARTICLES)253
OF THE PRECEPTS RELATING TO HOPE AND FEAR (TWO ARTICLES)254
OF CHARITY, CONSIDERED IN ITSELF (EIGHT ARTICLES)254
OF THE SUBJECT OF CHARITY (TWELVE ARTICLES)255
OF THE OBJECT OF CHARITY (TWELVE ARTICLES)257
OF THE ORDER OF CHARITY (THIRTEEN ARTICLES)259
OF THE PRINCIPLE ACT OF CHARITY, WHICH IS TO LOVE (EIGHT ARTICLES)261
OF JOY (FOUR ARTICLES)262
OF PEACE (FOUR ARTICLES)263
OF BENEFICENCE (FOUR ARTICLES)264
OF ALMSDEEDS (TEN ARTICLES)265
OF FRATERNAL CORRECTION (EIGHT ARTICLES)267
OF HATRED (SIX ARTICLES)268
OF SLOTH (FOUR ARTICLES)269
OF ENVY (FOUR ARTICLES)270
OF DISCORD, WHICH IS CONTRARY TO PEACE (TWO ARTICLES)271
OF CONTENTION (TWO ARTICLES)271
OF SCHISM (FOUR ARTICLES)272
OF WAR (FOUR ARTICLES)273
OF SEDITION (TWO ARTICLES)274
OF SCANDAL (EIGHT ARTICLES)274
OF THE PRECEPTS OF CHARITY (EIGHT ARTICLES)275
OF THE GIFT OF WISDOM (SIX ARTICLES)276
OF FOLLY WHICH IS OPPOSED TO WISDOM (THREE ARTICLES)277
OF PRUDENCE, CONSIDERED IN ITSELF (SIXTEEN ARTICLES)277
OF THE PARTS OF PRUDENCE (ONE ARTICLE)279
OF EACH QUASI-INTEGRAL PART OF PRUDENCE (EIGHT ARTICLES)279
OF THE SUBJECTIVE PARTS OF PRUDENCE (FOUR ARTICLES)280
OF THE VIRTUES WHICH ARE CONNECTED WITH PRUDENCE (FOUR ARTICLES)280
OF THE GIFT OF COUNSEL (FOUR ARTICLES)281
OF IMPRUDENCE (SIX ARTICLES)282
OF NEGLIGENCE (THREE ARTICLES)283
OF VICES OPPOSED TO PRUDENCE BY WAY OF RESEMBLANCE (EIGHT ARTICLES)283
OF THE PRECEPTS RELATING TO PRUDENCE (TWO ARTICLES)284
OF RIGHT (FOUR ARTICLES)284
OF JUSTICE (TWELVE ARTICLES)285
OF INJUSTICE (FOUR ARTICLES)287
OF JUDGMENT (SIX ARTICLES)288
OF THE PARTS OF JUSTICE (FOUR ARTICLES)289
OF RESTITUTION (EIGHT ARTICLES)290
OF RESPECT OF PERSONS (FOUR ARTICLES)291
OF MURDER (EIGHT ARTICLES)292
OF OTHER INJURIES COMMITTED ON THE PERSON (FOUR ARTICLES)293
OF THEFT AND ROBBERY (NINE ARTICLES)294
OF THE INJUSTICE OF A JUDGE, IN JUDGING (FOUR ARTICLES)295
OF MATTERS CONCERNING UNJUST ACCUSATION (FOUR ARTICLES)296
OF SINS COMMITTED AGAINST JUSTICE ON THE PART OF THE DEFENDANT (FOUR ARTICLES)297
OF INJUSTICE WITH REGARD TO THE PERSON OF THE WITNESS (FOUR ARTICLES)298
OF INJUSTICE IN JUDGMENT ON THE PART OF COUNSEL (FOUR ARTICLES)299
OF REVILING (FOUR ARTICLES)300
OF CURSING (FOUR ARTICLES)302
OF CHEATING, WHICH IS COMMITTED IN BUYING AND SELLING (FOUR ARTICLES)303
OF THE SIN OF USURY (FOUR ARTICLES)304
OF THE QUASI-INTEGRAL PARTS OF JUSTICE (FOUR ARTICLES)305
OF THE POTENTIAL PARTS OF JUSTICE (ONE ARTICLE)306
OF RELIGION (EIGHT ARTICLES)306
OF DEVOTION (FOUR ARTICLES)307
OF PRAYER (SEVENTEEN ARTICLES)308
OF ADORATION (THREE ARTICLES)310
OF SACRIFICE (FOUR ARTICLES)311
OF OBLATIONS AND FIRST-FRUITS (FOUR ARTICLES)312
OF TITHES (FOUR ARTICLES)313
OF VOWS (TWELVE ARTICLES)314
OF OATHS (TEN ARTICLES)316
OF THE TAKING OF GOD'S NAME BY WAY OF ADJURATION (THREE ARTICLES)317
OF SUPERSTITION (TWO ARTICLES)318
OF SUPERSTITION CONSISTING IN UNDUE WORSHIP OF THE TRUE GOD (TWO ARTICLES)318
OF IDOLATRY (FOUR ARTICLES)319
OF SUPERSTITION IN DIVINATIONS (EIGHT ARTICLES)320
OF SUPERSTITION IN OBSERVANCES (FOUR ARTICLES)322
OF THE TEMPTATION OF GOD (FOUR ARTICLES)323
OF PERJURY (FOUR ARTICLES)324
OF SACRILEGE (FOUR ARTICLES)325
ON SIMONY (SIX ARTICLES)326
OF PIETY (FOUR ARTICLES)327
OF OBSERVANCE, CONSIDERED IN ITSELF, AND OF ITS PARTS (THREE ARTICLES)328
OF DULIA (FOUR ARTICLES)328
OF OBEDIENCE (SIX ARTICLES)329
OF DISOBEDIENCE (TWO ARTICLES)330
OF THANKFULNESS OR GRATITUDE (SIX ARTICLES)330
OF INGRATITUDE (FOUR ARTICLES)331
OF VENGEANCE (FOUR ARTICLES)332
OF TRUTH (FOUR ARTICLES)333
OF THE VICES OPPOSED TO TRUTH, AND FIRST OF LYING (FOUR ARTICLES)334
OF DISSIMULATION AND HYPOCRISY (FOUR ARTICLES)335
OF BOASTING (TWO ARTICLES)336
OF THE FRIENDLINESS WHICH IS CALLED AFFABILITY (TWO ARTICLES)337
OF FLATTERY (TWO ARTICLES)337
OF QUARRELING (TWO ARTICLES)338
OF LIBERALITY (SIX ARTICLES)338
OF PRODIGALITY (THREE ARTICLES)340
OF "EPIKEIA" OR EQUITY (TWO ARTICLES)340
OF PIETY (TWO ARTICLES)341
OF THE PRECEPTS OF JUSTICE (SIX ARTICLES)341
OF FORTITUDE (TWELVE ARTICLES)342
OF MARTYRDOM (FIVE ARTICLES)344
OF FEARLESSNESS (TWO ARTICLES)345
OF THE PARTS OF FORTITUDE (ONE ARTICLE)346
OF PRESUMPTION (TWO ARTICLES)348
OF AMBITION (TWO ARTICLES)348
OF VAINGLORY (FIVE ARTICLES)349
OF PUSILLANIMITY (TWO ARTICLES)350
OF MAGNIFICENCE (FOUR ARTICLES)350
OF PATIENCE (FIVE ARTICLES)351
OF PERSEVERANCE (FOUR ARTICLES)352
OF THE VICES OPPOSED TO PERSEVERANCE (TWO ARTICLES)353
OF THE GIFT OF FORTITUDE (TWO ARTICLES)353
OF THE PRECEPTS OF FORTITUDE (TWO ARTICLES)354
OF TEMPERANCE (EIGHT ARTICLES)354
OF THE VICES OPPOSED TO TEMPERANCE (FOUR ARTICLES)355
OF THE PARTS OF TEMPERANCE, IN GENERAL (ONE ARTICLE)356
OF SHAMEFACEDNESS (FOUR ARTICLES)356
OF ABSTINENCE (TWO ARTICLES)357
OF FASTING (EIGHT ARTICLES)358
OF GLUTTONY (SIX ARTICLES)359
OF SOBRIETY (FOUR ARTICLES)360
OF DRUNKENNESS (FOUR ARTICLES)360
OF CHASTITY (FOUR ARTICLES)361
OF VIRGINITY (FIVE ARTICLES)362
OF LUST (FIVE ARTICLES)363
OF THE PARTS OF LUST (TWELVE ARTICLES)364
OF CONTINENCE (FOUR ARTICLES)366
OF INCONTINENCE (FOUR ARTICLES)367
OF CLEMENCY AND MEEKNESS (FOUR ARTICLES)368
OF ANGER (EIGHT ARTICLES)369
OF CRUELTY (TWO ARTICLES)370
OF MODESTY (TWO ARTICLES)370
OF HUMILITY (SIX ARTICLES)371
OF PRIDE (EIGHT ARTICLES)372
OF THE FIRST MAN'S SIN (FOUR ARTICLES)373
OF THE PUNISHMENTS OF THE FIRST MAN'S SIN (TWO ARTICLES)374
OF OUR FIRST PARENTS' TEMPTATION (TWO ARTICLES)375
OF STUDIOUSNESS (TWO ARTICLES)375
OF CURIOSITY (TWO ARTICLES)376
OF MODESTY AS CONSISTING IN THE OUTWARD MOVEMENTS OF THE BODY (FOUR ARTICLES)377
OF MODESTY IN THE OUTWARD APPAREL (TWO ARTICLES)378
OF THE PRECEPTS OF TEMPERANCE (TWO ARTICLES)379
OF PROPHECY (SIX ARTICLES)379
OF THE CAUSE OF PROPHECY (SIX ARTICLES)380
OF THE MANNER IN WHICH PROPHETIC KNOWLEDGE IS CONVEYED (FOUR ARTICLES)381
OF THE DIVISION OF PROPHECY (SIX ARTICLES)382
OF RAPTURE (SIX ARTICLES)383
OF THE GRACE OF TONGUES (TWO ARTICLES)384
OF THE GRATUITOUS GRACE CONSISTING IN WORDS (TWO ARTICLES)385
OF THE GRACE OF MIRACLES (TWO ARTICLES)385
OF THE DIVISION OF LIFE INTO ACTIVE AND CONTEMPLATIVE (TWO ARTICLES)386
OF THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE (EIGHT ARTICLES)386
OF THE ACTIVE LIFE (FOUR ARTICLES)388
OF THE ACTIVE LIFE IN COMPARISON WITH THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE (FOUR ARTICLES)389
OF MAN'S VARIOUS DUTIES AND STATES IN GENERAL (FOUR ARTICLES)390
OF THE STATE OF PERFECTION IN GENERAL (EIGHT ARTICLES)391
OF THINGS PERTAINING TO THE EPISCOPAL STATE (EIGHT ARTICLES)393
OF THOSE THINGS IN WHICH THE RELIGIOUS STATE PROPERLY CONSISTS (TEN ARTICLES)395
OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE COMPETENT TO RELIGIOUS (SIX ARTICLES)397
OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF RELIGIOUS LIFE (EIGHT ARTICLES)399
OF THE ENTRANCE INTO RELIGIOUS LIFE (TEN ARTICLES)401
THIRD PART (TP) OF THE SUMMA THEOLOGICA (QQ-90)403
OF THE FITNESS OF THE INCARNATION (SIX ARTICLES)403
OF THE MODE OF UNION OF THE WORD INCARNATE (TWELVE ARTICLES)404
OF THE MODE OF UNION ON THE PART OF THE PERSON ASSUMING (EIGHT ARTICLES)406
OF THE MODE OF UNION ON THE PART OF THE HUMAN NATURE (SIX ARTICLES)407
OF THE PARTS OF HUMAN NATURE WHICH WERE ASSUMED (FOUR ARTICLES)408
OF THE ORDER OF ASSUMPTION (SIX ARTICLES)409
OF THE GRACE OF CHRIST AS AN INDIVIDUAL MAN (THIRTEEN ARTICLES)410
OF CHRIST'S KNOWLEDGE IN GENERAL (FOUR ARTICLES)413
OF THE BEATIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST'S SOUL (FOUR ARTICLES)414
OF THE KNOWLEDGE IMPRINTED OR INFUSED IN THE SOUL OF CHRIST (SIX ARTICLES)415
OF THE ACQUIRED OR EMPIRIC KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST'S SOUL (FOUR ARTICLES)416
OF THE POWER OF CHRIST'S SOUL (FOUR ARTICLES)417
OF THE DEFECTS OF BODY ASSUMED BY THE SON OF GOD (FOUR ARTICLES)418
OF THE DEFECTS OF SOUL ASSUMED BY CHRIST (TEN ARTICLES)419
OF CHRIST'S UNITY OF BEING (TWO ARTICLES)422
OF CHRIST'S UNITY OF WILL (SIX ARTICLES)423
OF THE UNITY OF CHRIST'S OPERATION (FOUR ARTICLES)424
OF CHRIST'S SUBJECTION TO THE FATHER (TWO ARTICLES)425
OF CHRIST'S PRAYER (FOUR ARTICLES)425
OF THE PRIESTHOOD OF CHRIST (SIX ARTICLES)426
OF ADOPTION AS BEFITTING TO CHRIST (FOUR ARTICLES)427
OF THE PREDESTINATION OF CHRIST (FOUR ARTICLES)428
OF THE ADORATION OF CHRIST (SIX ARTICLES)429
OF CHRIST AS CALLED THE MEDIATOR OF GOD AND MAN (TWO ARTICLES)430
OF THE SANCTIFICATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN (SIX ARTICLES)430
OF THE VIRGINITY OF THE MOTHER OF GOD (FOUR ARTICLES)431
OF THE ESPOUSALS OF THE MOTHER OF GOD (TWO ARTICLES)432
OF THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN (FOUR ARTICLES)433
OF THE MATTER FROM WHICH THE SAVIOUR'S BODY WAS CONCEIVED (EIGHT ARTICLES)434
OF THE ACTIVE PRINCIPLE IN CHRIST'S CONCEPTION (FOUR ARTICLES)436
OF THE MODE AND ORDER OF CHRIST'S CONCEPTION (FOUR ARTICLES)437
OF THE PERFECTION OF THE CHILD CONCEIVED (FOUR ARTICLES)438
OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY (EIGHT ARTICLES)439
OF THE MANIFESTATION OF THE NEWLY BORN CHRIST (EIGHT ARTICLES)440
OF THE BAPTISM OF JOHN (SIX ARTICLES)442
OF THE BAPTIZING OF CHRIST (EIGHT ARTICLES)443
OF CHRIST'S MANNER OF LIFE (FOUR ARTICLES)444
OF CHRIST'S TEMPTATION (FOUR ARTICLES)445
OF CHRIST'S DOCTRINE (FOUR ARTICLES)446
OF THE MIRACLES WORKED BY CHRIST, IN GENERAL (FOUR ARTICLES)447
OF (CHRIST'S) MIRACLES CONSIDERED SPECIFICALLY (FOUR ARTICLES)448
OF CHRIST'S TRANSFIGURATION (FOUR ARTICLES)449
THE PASSION OF CHRIST (TWELVE ARTICLES)450
OF THE EFFICIENT CAUSE OF CHRIST'S PASSION (SIX ARTICLES)452
OF THE EFFICIENCY OF CHRIST'S PASSION (SIX ARTICLES)453
OF THE EFFECTS OF CHRIST'S PASSION (SIX ARTICLES)454
OF THE DEATH OF CHRIST (SIX ARTICLES)455
OF CHRIST'S BURIAL (FOUR ARTICLES)456
OF CHRIST'S DESCENT INTO HELL (EIGHT ARTICLES)457
OF CHRIST'S RESURRECTION (FOUR ARTICLES)458
OF THE QUALITY OF CHRIST RISING AGAIN (FOUR ARTICLES)459
OF THE MANIFESTATION OF THE RESURRECTION (SIX ARTICLES)460
OF THE CAUSALITY OF CHRIST'S RESURRECTION (TWO ARTICLES)461
OF THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST (SIX ARTICLES)462
OF CHRIST'S SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER (FOUR ARTICLES)463
OF CHRIST'S JUDICIARY POWER (SIX ARTICLES)464
WHAT IS A SACRAMENT? (EIGHT ARTICLES)465
OF THE NECESSITY OF THE SACRAMENTS (FOUR ARTICLES)466
OF THE SACRAMENTS' PRINCIPAL EFFECT, WHICH IS GRACE (SIX ARTICLES)467
OF THE OTHER EFFECT OF THE SACRAMENTS, WHICH IS A CHARACTER (SIX ARTICLES)468
OF THE CAUSES OF THE SACRAMENTS (TEN ARTICLES)469
OF THE NUMBER OF THE SACRAMENTS (FOUR ARTICLES)470
OF THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM (TWELVE ARTICLES)471
OF THE MINISTERS BY WHOM THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM IS CONFERRED (EIGHT ARTICLES)473
OF THOSE WHO RECEIVE BAPTISM (TWELVE ARTICLES)474
OF THE EFFECTS OF BAPTISM (TEN ARTICLES)476
OF CIRCUMCISION (FOUR ARTICLES)477
OF THE PREPARATIONS THAT ACCOMPANY BAPTISM (FOUR ARTICLES)478
OF THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION (TWELVE ARTICLES)479
OF THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST (SIX ARTICLES)481
OF THE MATTER OF THIS SACRAMENT (EIGHT ARTICLES)482
OF THE WAY IN WHICH CHRIST IS IN THIS SACRAMENT (EIGHT ARTICLES)485
OF THE ACCIDENTS WHICH REMAIN IN THIS SACRAMENT (EIGHT ARTICLES)486
OF THE FORM OF THIS SACRAMENT (SIX ARTICLES)488
OF THE EFFECTS OF THIS SACRAMENT (EIGHT ARTICLES)489
OF THE USE OR RECEIVING OF THIS SACRAMENT IN GENERAL (TWELVE ARTICLES)490
OF THE USE WHICH CHRIST MADE OF THIS SACRAMENT AT ITS INSTITUTION (FOUR ARTICLES)493
OF THE MINISTER OF THIS SACRAMENT (TEN ARTICLES)494
OF THE RITE OF THIS SACRAMENT (SIX ARTICLES)495
OF THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE (TEN ARTICLES)498
OF PENANCE AS A VIRTUE (SIX ARTICLES)500
OF THE EFFECT OF PENANCE, AS REGARDS THE PARDON OF MORTAL SIN (SIX ARTICLES)501
OF THE REMISSION OF VENIAL SIN (FOUR ARTICLES)502
OF THE RETURN OF SINS WHICH HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY BY PENANCE (FOUR ARTICLES)503
OF THE RECOVERY OF VIRTUE BY MEANS OF PENANCE (SIX ARTICLES)504
OF THE PARTS OF PENANCE, IN GENERAL (FOUR ARTICLES)505
OF THE PARTS OF PENANCE, IN PARTICULAR, AND FIRST OF CONTRITION (THREE ARTICLES)506
OF THE OBJECT OF CONTRITION (SIX ARTICLES)506
OF THE DEGREE OF CONTRITION (THREE ARTICLES)507
OF THE TIME FOR CONTRITION (THREE ARTICLES)508
OF THE EFFECT OF CONTRITION (THREE ARTICLES)508
OF CONFESSION, AS REGARDS ITS NECESSITY (SIX ARTICLES)509
OF THE NATURE OF CONFESSION (THREE ARTICLES)510
OF THE MINISTER OF CONFESSION (SEVEN ARTICLES)510
OF THE QUALITY OF CONFESSION (FOUR ARTICLES)511
OF THE EFFECT OF CONFESSION (FIVE ARTICLES)512
OF THE SEAL OF CONFESSION (FIVE ARTICLES)513
OF SATISFACTION, AS TO ITS NATURE (THREE ARTICLES)514
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SATISFACTION (TWO ARTICLES)515
OF THE QUALITY OF SATISFACTION (FIVE ARTICLES)516
OF THE MEANS OF MAKING SATISFACTION (THREE ARTICLES)517
OF THOSE WHO RECEIVE THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE (THREE ARTICLES)518
OF THE POWER OF THE KEYS (THREE ARTICLES)518
OF THE EFFECT OF THE KEYS (FOUR ARTICLES)519
OF THE MINISTERS OF THE KEYS (SIX ARTICLES)520
OF THOSE ON WHOM THE POWER OF THE KEYS CAN BE EXERCISED (THREE ARTICLES)521
OF THE DEFINITION, CONGRUITY AND CAUSE OF EXCOMMUNICATION (FOUR ARTICLES)522
OF THOSE WHO CAN EXCOMMUNICATE OR BE EXCOMMUNICATED (SIX ARTICLES)523
OF COMMUNICATION WITH EXCOMMUNICATED PERSONS (THREE ARTICLES)524
OF ABSOLUTION FROM EXCOMMUNICATION (THREE ARTICLES)524
OF INDULGENCES (THREE ARTICLES)525
OF THOSE WHO CAN GRANT INDULGENCES (FOUR ARTICLES)526
OF THOSE WHOM INDULGENCES AVAIL (FOUR ARTICLES)526
OF THE SOLEMN RITE OF PENANCE (THREE ARTICLES)527
OF EXTREME UNCTION, AS REGARDS ITS ESSENCE AND INSTITUTION (NINE ARTICLES)527
OF THE EFFECT OF THIS SACRAMENT (THREE ARTICLES)528
OF THE MINISTER OF THIS SACRAMENT (THREE ARTICLES)529
OF THE REPETITION OF THIS SACRAMENT (TWO ARTICLES)530
OF THE SACRAMENT OF ORDER AS TO ITS ESSENCE AND ITS PARTS (FIVE ARTICLES)530
OF THE EFFECT OF THIS SACRAMENT (FIVE ARTICLES)531
OF THE QUALITIES REQUIRED OF THOSE WHO RECEIVE THIS SACRAMENT (FIVE ARTICLES)532
OF THOSE WHO CONFER THIS SACRAMENT (TWO ARTICLES)534
OF THE IMPEDIMENTS TO THIS SACRAMENT (SIX ARTICLES)534
OF THE THINGS ANNEXED TO THE SACRAMENT OF ORDER (SEVEN ARTICLES)535
OF THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY AS DIRECTED TO AN OFFICE OF NATURE (FOUR ARTICLES)536
OF MATRIMONY AS A SACRAMENT (FOUR ARTICLES)537
OF MATRIMONY WITH REGARD TO THE BETROTHAL (THREE ARTICLES)538
OF THE DEFINITION OF MATRIMONY (THREE ARTICLES)539
OF THE MARRIAGE CONSENT CONSIDERED IN ITSELF (FIVE ARTICLES)539
OF THE CONSENT TO WHICH AN OATH OR CARNAL INTERCOURSE IS APPENDED (TWO ARTICLES)540
OF COMPULSORY AND CONDITIONAL CONSENT (SIX ARTICLES)540
OF THE OBJECT OF THE CONSENT (TWO ARTICLES)541
OF THE IMPEDIMENTS OF MARRIAGE, IN GENERAL (ONE ARTICLE)542
OF THE IMPEDIMENT OF ERROR (TWO ARTICLES)543
OF THE IMPEDIMENT OF THE CONDITION OF SLAVERY (FOUR ARTICLES)543
OF THE IMPEDIMENT OF VOWS AND ORDERS (FOUR ARTICLES)544
OF THE IMPEDIMENT OF CONSANGUINITY (FOUR ARTICLES)545
OF THE IMPEDIMENT OF AFFINITY (ELEVEN ARTICLES)546
OF THE IMPEDIMENT OF SPIRITUAL RELATIONSHIP (FIVE ARTICLES)547
OF LEGAL RELATIONSHIP, WHICH IS BY ADOPTION (THREE ARTICLES)548
OF DISPARITY OF WORSHIP AS AN IMPEDIMENT TO MARRIAGE (SIX ARTICLES)549
OF WIFE-MURDER (TWO ARTICLES)550
OF THE IMPEDIMENT TO MARRIAGE, ARISING FROM A SOLEMN VOW (THREE ARTICLES)551
OF THE IMPEDIMENT THAT SUPERVENES TO MARRIAGE AFTER ITS CONSUMMATION, NAMELY FORNICATION (SIX ARTICLES)551
OF SECOND MARRIAGES (TWO ARTICLES)552
OF PLURALITY OF WIVES (FIVE ARTICLES)553
OF BIGAMY AND OF THE IRREGULARITY CONTRACTED THEREBY (FIVE ARTICLES)555
OF THE BILL OF DIVORCE (SEVEN ARTICLES)556
OF ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN (THREE ARTICLES)557
TREATISE ON THE RESURRECTION (QQ-86)557
OF THE SUFFRAGES FOR THE DEAD (FOURTEEN ARTICLES)560
OF PRAYERS WITH REGARD TO THE SAINTS IN HEAVEN (THREE ARTICLES)562
OF THE SIGNS THAT WILL PRECEDE THE JUDGMENT (THREE ARTICLES)563
OF THE FIRE OF THE FINAL CONFLAGRATION (NINE ARTICLES)564
OF THE RESURRECTION (THREE ARTICLES)566
OF THE CAUSE OF THE RESURRECTION (THREE ARTICLES)567
OF THE TIME AND MANNER OF THE RESURRECTION (FOUR ARTICLES)568
OF THE TERM "WHEREFROM" OF THE RESURRECTION (THREE ARTICLES)569
OF THE INTEGRITY OF THE BODIES IN THE RESURRECTION (FIVE ARTICLES)570
OF THE QUALITY OF THOSE WHO RISE AGAIN (FOUR ARTICLES)571
OF THE IMPASSIBILITY OF THE BODIES OF THE BLESSED AFTER THEIR RESURRECTION (FOUR ARTICLES)572
OF THE SUBTLETY OF THE BODIES OF THE BLESSED (SIX ARTICLES)573
OF THE AGILITY OF THE BODIES OF THE BLESSED (THREE ARTICLES)574
OF THE CLARITY OF THE BEATIFIED BODIES (THREE ARTICLES)575
TREATISE ON THE LAST THINGS (QQ-99)576
OF THE FORM OF THE JUDGE IN COMING TO THE JUDGMENT (THREE ARTICLES)578
OF THE QUALITY OF THE WORLD AFTER THE JUDGMENT (FIVE ARTICLES)579
OF THE HAPPINESS OF THE SAINTS AND THEIR MANSIONS (THREE ARTICLES)581
OF THE RELATIONS OF THE SAINTS TOWARDS THE DAMNED (THREE ARTICLES)582
OF THE AUREOLES (THIRTEEN ARTICLES)583
OF THE PUNISHMENT OF THE DAMNED (SEVEN ARTICLES)586
OF THE WILL AND INTELLECT OF THE DAMNED (NINE ARTICLES)587
OF GOD'S MERCY AND JUSTICE TOWARDS THE DAMNED (FIVE ARTICLES)588
TWO ARTICLES ON PURGATORY590

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