| Book I |
| Of God As He Is In Himself |
| 1 |
The Function of the Wise Man |
1 |
| 2 |
Of the Author’s Purpose |
2 |
| 3 |
That the Truths which we confess concerning God fall under two Modes or Categories |
2 |
| 4 |
That it is an Advantage for the Truths of God, known by Natural Reason, to be proposed to men to be believed on Faith |
4 |
| 5 |
That it is an Advantage for things that cannot be searched out by Reason to be proposed as Tenets of Faith |
5 |
| 6 |
That there is no Lightmindedness in assenting to Truths of Faith, although they are above Reason |
6 |
| 7 |
That the Truth of Reason is not contrary to the Truths of Christian Faith |
7 |
| 8 |
Of the relation of Human Reason to the First Truth of Faith |
7 |
| 9 |
The Order and Mode of Procedure in this Work |
8 |
| 10 |
Of the Opinion of those who say that the Existence of God cannot be proved, being a Self-evident Truth |
9 |
| 11 |
Rejection of the aforesaid Opinion and Solution of the aforesaid Reasons |
9 |
| 12 |
Of the Opinion of those who say that the Existence of God is a Tenet of Faith alone and cannot be demonstrated |
11 |
| 13 |
Reasons in proof of the Existence of God |
11 |
| 14 |
That in order to a Knowledge of God we must proceed by the method of Negative Differentiation |
13 |
| 15 |
That God is Eternal |
14 |
| 16 |
That in God there is no Passive Potentiality |
14 |
| 18 |
That in God there is no Composition |
15 |
| 20 |
That God is Incorporeal |
15 |
| 21 |
That God is His own Essence |
16 |
| 22 |
That in God Existence and Essence are the same |
17 |
| 23 |
That in God there is no Accident |
18 |
| 24 |
That the Existence of God cannot be characterised by the addition of any Substantial Differentia |
19 |
| 25 |
That God is not in any Genus |
19 |
| 26 |
That God is not the Formal or Abstract Being of all things |
20 |
| 28 |
That God is Universal Perfection |
22 |
| 29 |
How Likeness to God may be found in Creatures |
22 |
| 30 |
What Names can be predicated of God |
23 |
| 31 |
That the Plurality of Divine Names is not inconsistent with the Simplicity of the Divine Being predicated of God and of other Beings |
24 |
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That nothing is predicated of God and of other Beings synonymously |
24 |
| 33 |
That it is not at all true that the application of common Predicates to God and to Creatures involves nothing beyond a mere Identity of Name |
25 |
| 34 |
That the Things that are said of God and of Creatures are said analogously |
26 |
| 35 |
That the several Names predicated of God are not synonymous |
27 |
| 36 |
That the Propositions which our Understanding forms of God are not void of Meaning |
27 |
| 38 |
That God is His own Goodness |
28 |
| 39 |
That in God there can be no Evil |
28 |
| 40 |
That God is the Good of all Good |
29 |
| 42 |
That God is One |
29 |
| 43 |
That God is Infinite |
30 |
| 44 |
That God has Understanding |
32 |
| 45 |
That in God the Act of Understanding is His very Essence |
33 |
| 46 |
That God understands by nothing else than by His own Essence |
34 |
| 47 |
That God perfectly understands Himself |
34 |
| 48 |
That God primarily and essentially knows Himself alone |
35 |
| 49 |
That God knows other things besides Himself |
35 |
| 50 |
That God has a Particular Knowledge of all things |
35 |
| 51 |
Some Discussion of the question how there is in the Divine Understanding a Multitude of Objects |
36 |
| 52 |
Reasons to show how the Multitude of Intelligible Ideal Forms has no Existence except in the Divine Understanding |
37 |
| 53 |
How there is in God a Multitude of Objects of Understanding |
37 |
| 54 |
That the Divine Essence, being One, is the proper Likeness and Type of all things Intelligible |
39 |
| 55 |
That God understands all things at once and together |
40 |
| 56 |
That there is not Habitual Knowledge in God |
41 |
| 57 |
That God’s Knowledge is not a Reasoned Knowledge |
42 |
| 58 |
That God does not understand by Combination and Separation of Ideas |
43 |
| 59 |
That the Truth to be found in Propositions is not excluded from God |
43 |
| 60 |
That God is Truth |
44 |
| 61 |
That God is Pure Truth |
44 |
| 62 |
That the Truth of God is the First and Sovereign Truth |
45 |
| 63 |
Arguments of those who wish to withdraw from God the Knowledge of Individual Things |
45 |
| 64 |
A list of things to be said concerning the Divine Knowledge |
47 |
| 65 |
That God knows Individual Things |
47 |
| 66 |
That God knows things which are not |
47 |
| 67 |
That God knows Individual Contingent Events |
49 |
| 68 |
That God knows the Motions of the Will |
51 |
| 69 |
That God knows Infinite Things |
51 |
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That God knows Base and Mean Things |
53 |
| 71 |
That God knows Evil Things |
54 |
| 72 |
That God has a Will |
56 |
| 73 |
That the Will of God is His Essence |
56 |
| 74 |
That the Object of the Will of God in the first place is God Himself |
57 |
| 75 |
That God in willing Himself wills also other things besides Himself |
57 |
| 76 |
That with one and the same Act of Will God wills Himself and all other beings |
57 |
| 77 |
That the Multitude of the Objects of God’s Will is not inconsistent with the Simplicity of His Substance |
58 |
| 78 |
That the Divine Will reaches to the good of Individual Existences |
58 |
| 79 |
That God wills things even that as yet are not |
59 |
| 80 |
That God of necessity wills His own Being and His own Goodness |
59 |
| 81 |
That God does not of necessity love other things than Himself |
60 |
| 82 |
Arguments against the aforesaid Doctrine, and Solution of the same |
51 |
| 83 |
That God wills anything else than Himself with an Hypothetical Necessity |
62 |
| 84 |
That the Will of God is not of things in themselves Impossible |
63 |
| 85 |
That the Divine Will does not take away Contingency from things |
63 |
| 86 |
That Reason can be assigned for the Divine Will |
63 |
| 87 |
That nothing can be a Cause to the Divine Will |
64 |
| 88 |
That there is Free Will in God |
65 |
| 89 |
That there are no Passions in God |
65 |
| 90 |
That there is in God Delight and Joy |
66 |
| 91 |
That there is Love in God |
67 |
| 92 |
In what sense Virtues can be posited in God |
68 |
| 93 |
That there are in God the Virtues which regulate Action |
69 |
| 94 |
That the Contemplative (intellectual) Virtues are in God |
70 |
| 95 |
That God can will no Evil |
71 |
| 96 |
That God hates nothing |
71 |
| 97 |
That God is Living |
72 |
| 98 |
That God is His own Life |
72 |
| 99 |
That the Life of God is everlasting |
73 |
| 100 |
That God is Happy |
73 |
| 101 |
That God is His own Happiness |
74 |
| 102 |
That the Happiness of God is most Perfect, and exceeds all other Happiness |
74 |
|
xiiBook II |
| God The Origin of Creatures |
| 1 |
Connexion of
what follows with what has gone before |
79 |
| 4 |
That the
Philosopher and the Theologian view Creatures from different Standpoints |
79 |
| 5 |
Order of
matters to be treated |
80 |
| 6 |
That it
belongs to God to be to other Beings the Principle of Existence |
80 |
| 7 |
That there
is in God Active Power |
80 |
| 8 |
That God’s
Power is His Substance |
81 |
| 9 |
That God’s
Power is His Action |
81 |
| 10 |
In what
manner Power is said to be in God |
81 |
| 11 |
That something
is predicated of God in relation to Creatures |
82 |
| 12 |
That the
Relations, predicated of God in regard of Creatures, are not really in God |
82 |
| 13 |
How the
aforesaid Relations are predicated of God |
83 |
| 14 |
That the
Predication of many Relations of God is no prejudice to the Simplicity and Singleness
of His Being |
83 |
| 15 |
That God
is to all things the Cause of their being |
84 |
| 16 |
That God
has brought things into being out of nothing |
85 |
| 17 |
That Creation
is not a Movement nor a Change |
86 |
| 18 |
Solution
of Arguments against Creation |
87 |
| 19 |
That Creation
is not Successive |
87 |
| 21 |
That it
belongs to God alone to create |
88 |
| 22 |
That God
is Almighty |
89 |
| 23 |
That God’s
action in creation is not of Physical Necessity, but of Free Choice of Will |
90 |
| 24 |
That God
acts by His Wisdom |
91 |
| 25 |
In what
sense some things are said to be Impossible to the Almighty |
92 |
| 26 |
That the
Divine Understanding is not limited to certain Fixed Effects |
93 |
| 28 |
That God
has not brought things into being in discharge of any Debt of justice |
94 |
| 29 |
How in
the production of a creature there may be found a Debt of justice in respect of
the Necessary Sequence of something Posterior upon something Prior |
95 |
| 30 |
How Absolute
Necessity may have place in Creation |
95 |
| 31 |
That it
is not necessary for Creatures to have existed from Eternity |
96 |
| 32, 35 |
Reasons
alleged for the Eternity of the World on the part of God, with Answers to the same |
97 |
| 33, 36 |
Reasons
alleged for the Eternity of the World on the part of Creatures, with Answers to
the same |
101 |
| 34, 37 |
Reasons
alleged for the Eternity of the World on the part of the fact of its Production,
with Answers to the same |
102 |
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Arguments
wherewith some try to show that the World is not Eternal, and Solutions of the same |
104 |
| 41 |
That the
Variety of Creatures does not arise from any Contrariety of Prime Agents |
105 |
| 44 |
That the
Variety of Creatures has not arisen from Variety of Merits and Demerits |
106 |
| 45 |
The real
Prime Cause of the Variety of Creatures |
107 |
| 46 |
That it
was necessary for the Perfection of the Universe that there should be some Intellectual
Natures |
108 |
| 47 |
That Subsistent
Intelligences are Voluntary Agents |
109 |
| 48 |
That Subsistent
Intelligences have Free Will |
109 |
| 49 |
That Subsistent
Intelligence is not Corporeal |
111 |
| 52 |
That in
Created Subsistent Intelligences there is a Difference between Existence and Essence |
111 |
| 53 |
That in
Created Subsistent Intelligences there is Actuality and Potentiality |
112 |
| 55 |
That Subsistent
Intelligences are Imperishable |
112 |
| 56, 69 |
How
a Subsistent Intelligence may be United with a Body, with a Solution of the Arguments
alleged to prove that a Subsistent Intelligence cannot be United with a Body as
its Form |
115 |
| 57 |
Plato’s
Theory of the Union of the Intellectual Soul with the Body |
118 |
| 58 |
That Vegetative,
Sentient, and Intelligent are not in Man Three Souls |
120 |
| 59 |
That the
Potential Intellect of Man is not a Spirit subsisting apart from Matter |
122 |
| 60 |
That a
Man is not a member of the Human Species by possession of Passive Intellect, but
by possession of Potential Intellect |
125 |
| 61 |
That the
aforesaid Tenet is contrary to the Mind of Aristotle |
127 |
| 62 |
Against
the Opinion of Alexander concerning the Potential Intellect |
129 |
| 64 |
That the
Soul is not a Harmony |
130 |
| 65 |
That the
Soul is not a Body |
131 |
| 66 |
Against
those who suppose Intellect and Sense to be the same |
131 |
| 67 |
Against
those who maintain that the Potential Intellect is the Phantasy |
132 |
| 68 |
How a
Subsistent Intelligence may be the Form of a Body |
132 |
| 69 |
Solution
of the Arguments alleged to show that a Subsistent Intelligence cannot be united
with a Body as the Form of that Body |
134 |
| 73 |
That the
Potential Intellect is not One and the Same in all men |
135 |
| 74 |
Of the
Opinion of Avicenna, who supposed Intellectual Forms not to be preserved in the
Potential Intellect |
141 |
| 75 |
Confutation
of the Arguments which seem to prove the Unity of the Potential Intellect |
144 |
| 76 |
That the
Active Intellect is not a separately Subsisting Intelligence, but a Faculty of the
Soul |
148 |
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That it
is not Impossible for the Potential and the Active Intellect to be united in the
one Substance of the Soul |
150 |
| 78 |
That it
was not the Opinion of Aristotle that the Active Intellect is a separately Subsistent
Intelligence, but rather that it is a Part of the Soul |
151 |
| 79 |
That the
Human Soul does not perish with the Body |
152 |
| 80, 81 |
Arguments
of those who wish to prove that the Human Soul perishes with the Body, with Replies
to the same |
155 |
| 82 |
That the
Souls of Dumb Animals are not Immortal |
159 |
| 83, 84 |
Apparent
Arguments to show that the Human Soul does not begin with the Body, but has been
from Eternity, with Replies to the same |
159 |
| 85 |
That the
Soul is not of the Substance of God |
162 |
| 86 |
That the
Human Soul is not transmitted by Generation |
163 |
| 87 |
That the
Human Soul is brought into being by a Creative Act of God |
164 |
| 88, 89 |
Arguments
against the Truth of the Conclusion last drawn, with their Solution |
165 |
| 91 |
That there
are Subsistent Intelligences not united with Bodies |
172 |
| 93 |
That Intelligences
Subsisting apart are not more than One in the same Species |
173 |
| 94 |
That an
Intelligence Subsisting apart and a Soul are not of one Species |
174 |
| 96 |
That Intelligences
Subsisting apart do not gather their Knowledge from Objects of Sense |
174 |
| 97 |
That the
Mind of an Intelligence Subsisting apart is ever in the act of understanding |
176 |
| 98 |
How one
Separately Subsisting Intelligence knows another |
176 |
| 99 |
That Intelligences
Subsisting apart know Material Things, that is to say, the Species of Things Corporeal |
177 |
| 100 |
That
Intelligences Subsisting apart know Individual Things |
178 |
| 101 |
Whether to Separately Subsisting Intelligences all parts of their Natural Knowledge are simultaneously present |
179 |
| Book III |
| God the End of Creatures |
| 1 |
Preface to the Book that follows |
183 |
| 2 |
That every
Agent acts to some End |
185 |
| 3 |
That every
Agent acts to some Good |
186 |
| 4 |
That Evil
in Things is beside the Intention of the Agent |
186 |
| 5, 6 |
Arguments
against the Truth of the Conclusion last drawn, with Solutions of the same
|
187 |
| 7 |
That Evil
is not a Nature or Essence |
189 |
| 8, 9 |
Arguments
against the aforesaid Conclusion, with Answers to the same |
190 |
| 10 |
That the
Cause of Evil is Good |
191 |
| 11 |
That Evil
is founded in some Good |
194 |
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That Evil
does not entirely swallow up Good |
195 |
| 14 |
That Evil
is an Accidental Cause |
196 |
| 15 |
That there
is not any Sovereign Evil, acting as the Principle of all Evils |
196 |
| 16 |
That the
End in view of everything is some Good |
196 |
| 17 |
That all
things are ordained to one End, which is God |
197 |
| 18 |
How God
is the End of all things |
197 |
| 19 |
That all
things aim at Likeness to God |
198 |
| 20 |
How things
copy the Divine Goodness |
198 |
| 21 |
That things
aim at Likeness to God in being Causes of other things |
200 |
| 24 |
That all
things seek Good, even things devoid of Consciousness |
200 |
| 25 |
That the
End of every Subsistent Intelligence is to understand God |
202 |
| 26 |
That Happiness
does not consist in any Act of the Will |
204 |
| 27 |
That the
Happiness of Man does not consist in Bodily Pleasures |
207 |
| 28, 29 |
That
Happiness does not consist in Honours nor in Human Glory |
209 |
| 30 |
That Man’s
Happiness does not consist in Riches |
209 |
| 31 |
That Happiness
does not consist in Worldly Power |
210 |
| 32 |
That Happiness
does not consist in Goods of the Body |
210 |
| 34 |
That the
Final Happiness of Man does not consist in Acts of the Moral Virtues |
210 |
| 37 |
That the
Final Happiness of Man consists in the Contemplation of God |
211 |
| 38 |
That Human
Happiness does not consist in such Knowledge of God as is common to the Majority
of Mankind |
212 |
| 39 |
That Happiness
does not consist in the Knowledge of God which is to be had by Demonstration |
212 |
| 40 |
That Happiness
does not consist in the Knowledge of God by Faith |
213 |
| 41 - 45 |
[Untitled] |
214 |
| 46 |
That the
Soul in this Life does not understand itself by itself |
214 |
| 47 |
That we
cannot in this Life see God as He essentially is |
216 |
| 48 |
That the
Final Happiness of Man is not in this Life |
218 |
| 49 |
That the
Knowledge which Pure Spirits have of God through knowing their own Essence does
not carry with it a Vision of the Essence of God |
221 |
| 50 |
That the
Desire of Pure Intelligences does not rest satisfied in the Natural Knowledge which
they have of God |
222 |
| 51 |
How God
is seen as He essentially is |
224 |
| 52 |
That no
Created Substance can of its Natural Power arrive to see God as He essentially is |
224 |
| 53 |
That a
Created Intelligence needs some influx of Divine Light to see God in His Essence |
225 |
| 54 |
Arguments
against the aforesaid Statements and their Solutions |
225 |
| 55 |
That the
Created Intelligence does not comprehend the Divine Substance |
227 |
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That no
Created Intelligence in seeing God sees all things that can be seen in Him |
227 |
| 57 |
That every
Intelligence of every Grade can be partaker of the Vision of God |
229 |
| 58 |
That one
may see God more perfectly than another |
230 |
| 59 |
How they
who see the Divine Substance see all things |
230 |
| 60 |
That they
who see God see all things in Him at once |
232 |
| 61 |
That by
the Sight of God one is made partaker of Life Everlasting |
232 |
| 62 |
That they
who see God will see Him for ever |
232 |
| 63 |
How in
that Final Happiness every Desire of Man is fulfilled |
233 |
| 64 |
That God
governs things by His Providence |
235 |
| 65 |
That God
preserves things in Being |
236 |
| 66 |
That nothing
gives Being except in so much as it acts in the Power of God |
238 |
| 67 |
That God
is Cause of Activity in all Active Agents |
238 |
| 68 |
That God
is everywhere and in all things |
238 |
| 69 |
Of the
Opinion of those who withdraw from Natural Things their Proper Actions |
239 |
| 70 |
How the
Same Effect is from God and from a Natural Agent |
241 |
| 71 |
That the
Divine Providence is not wholly inconsistent with the presence of Evil in Creation |
242 |
| 72 |
That Divine
Providence is not inconsistent with an element of Contingency in Creation |
244 |
| 73 |
That Divine
Providence is not inconsistent with Freedom of the Will |
244 |
| 74 |
That Divine
Providence is not inconsistent with Fortune and Chance |
245 |
| 75 |
That the
Providence of God is exercised over Individual and Contingent Things |
246 |
| 76 |
That the
Providence of God watches immediately over all Individual Things |
247 |
| 77 |
That the
arrangements of Divine Providence are carried into execution by means of Secondary
Causes |
248 |
| 78 |
That Intelligent
Creatures are the Medium through which other Creatures are governed by God |
248 |
| 81 |
Of the
Subordination of Men one to another |
249 |
| 88 |
That other
Subsistent Intelligences cannot be direct Causes of our Elections and Volitions |
249 |
| 89 |
That the
Motion of the Will is caused by God, and not merely by the Power of the Will |
250 |
| 90 |
That Human
Choices and Volitions are subject to Divine Providence |
251 |
| 91 |
How Human
Things are reduced to Higher Causes |
251 |
| 92 |
In what
sense one is said to be Fortunate, and how Man is aided by Higher Causes |
253 |
| 93 |
Of Fate,
whether there be such a thing, and if so, what it is |
254 |
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Of the
Certainty of Divine Providence |
254 |
| 95, 96 |
That
the Immutability of Divine Providence does not bar the Utility of Prayer |
257 |
| 96 |
That God
does not hear all Prayers |
259 |
| 97 |
How the
Arrangements of Divine Providence follow a Plan |
260 |
| 99 |
How God
can work beyond the Order laid down for Creatures, and produce Effects without Proximate
Causes |
262 |
| 100 |
That
the things which God does beyond the Order of Nature are not contrary to Nature |
263 |
| 101 |
Of Miracles
|
264 |
| 102 |
That
God alone works Miracles |
265 |
| 103 |
How
Separately Subsisting Spirits work certain Wonders, which yet are not true Miracles |
266 |
| 104 |
That
the Works of Magicians are not due solely to the Influence of the Heavenly Spheres |
267 |
| 105 |
Whence
the performances of Magicians derive their Efficacy |
267 |
| 106 |
That
the Subsistent Intelligence, which lends Efficacy to Magical Performances, is not
Good in both Categories of Being |
268 |
| 107 |
That
the Subsistent Intelligence, whose aid is employed in Magic, is not Evil by Nature |
269 |
| 109 |
That
in Spirits there may be Sin, and how |
270 |
| 108, 110 |
Arguments seeming to prove that Sin is impossible to Spirits, with Solutions of
the same |
271 |
| 112 |
That
Rational Creatures are governed by Providence for their own sakes, and other Creatures
in reference to them |
273 |
| 113 |
That
the acts of the Rational Creature are guided by God, not merely to the realisation
of the Specific Type, but also to the realisation of the Individual |
275 |
| 114 |
That
it was necessary for a Law to be given to Man by God |
276 |
| 115 |
That
the main purpose of the Divine Law is to subordinate Man to God |
276 |
| 116 |
That
the End of the Divine Law is the Love of God |
276 |
| 117 |
That
by the Divine Law we are directed to the Love of our Neighbour |
277 |
| 118 |
That
by Divine Law men are obliged to a Right Faith |
278 |
| 119 |
That
by certain Sensible Rites our mind is directed to God |
279 |
| 120 |
That
the Worship of Latria is to be paid to God alone |
280 |
| 121 |
That
the Divine Law directs man to a Rational Use of Corporeal and Sensible Things |
282 |
| 122 |
Of the
reason for which Simple Fornication is a Sin by Divine Law, and of the Natural Institution
of Marriage |
283 |
| 123 |
That
Marriage ought to be Indissoluble |
285 |
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That Marriage ought to be between one Man and one Woman |
287 |
| 125 |
That
Marriage ought not to take place between Kindred |
288 |
| 126 |
That
not all Sexual Intercourse is Sin |
289 |
| 127 |
That
of no Food is the Use Sinful in itself |
289 |
| 128 |
How
the Law of God relates a man to his Neighbour |
291 |
| 129 |
That
the things commanded by the Divine Law are Right, not only because the Law enacts
them, but also according to Nature |
291 |
| 130 |
That
the Divine Government of Men is after the manner of Paternal Government |
293 |
| 131 |
Of the
Counsels that are given in the Divine Law |
297 |
| 132, 135 |
Arguments against Voluntary Poverty, with Replies |
298 |
| 133, 136 |
Of various Modes of Living adopted by the Votaries of Voluntary Poverty |
300 |
| 134 |
In what
the Good of Poverty consists |
305 |
| 137 |
Arguments
against Perpetual Continence, with Replies |
306 |
| 139 |
Against
those who find fault with Vows |
307 |
| 140 |
That
neither all Good Works nor all Sins are Equal |
309 |
| 141 |
That
a Man’s Acts are punished or rewarded by God |
311 |
| 142 |
Of the
Difference and Order of Punishments |
312 |
| 143 |
That
not all Punishments nor all Rewards are Equal |
313 |
| 144 |
Of the
Punishment due to Mortal and Venial Sins respectively in regard to the Last End |
314 |
| 145 |
That
the Punishment whereby one is deprived of his Last End is Interminable |
315 |
| 146 |
That
Sins are punished also by the experience of something Painful |
317 |
| 147 |
That
it is Lawful for judges to inflict Punishments |
317 |
| 148 |
That
Man stands in need of Divine Grace for the Gaining of Happiness |
318 |
| 149 |
That
the Divine Assistance does not compel a Man to Virtue |
319 |
| 150 |
That
Man cannot merit beforehand the said Assistance |
320 |
| 151 |
That
the aforesaid Assistance is called ‘Grace,’ and what is the meaning of ‘Grace constituting
a State of Grace’ |
321 |
| 152 |
That
the Grace which constitutes the State of Grace causes in us the Love of God |
322 |
| 153 |
That
Divine Grace causes in us Faith |
323 |
| 154 |
That
Divine Grace causes in us a Hope of future Blessedness |
324 |
| 155 |
Of Graces
given gratuitously |
324 |
| 156 |
That
Man needs the Assistance of Divine Grace to Persevere in Good |
326 |
| 157 |
That
he who falls from Grace by Sin may be recovered again by Grace |
327 |
| 158 |
That
Man cannot be delivered from Sin except by Grace |
328 |
| 159 |
How
Man is delivered from Sin |
329 |
| 160 |
That
it is reasonably reckoned a Man’s own Fault if he be not converted to God, although
he cannot be converted without Grace |
330 |
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That a Man already in Mortal Sin cannot avoid more Mortal Sin without Grace |
331 |
| 162 |
That
some Men God delivers from Sin, and some He leaves in Sin |
332 |
| 163 |
That
God is Cause of Sin to no Man |
333 |
| 164 |
Of Predestination, Reprobation, and Divine Election |
334 |
| Book IV |
| Of God in His Revelation |
| 1 |
Preface |
337 |
| 2 |
Of Generation,
Paternity, and Sonship in God |
340 |
| 3 |
That the
Son of God is God |
340 |
| 4, 9 |
The Opinion
of Photinus touching the Son of God and its Rejection |
341 |
| 5 |
Rejection
of the Opinion of Sabellius concerning the Son of God |
343 |
| 6 |
Of the Opinion
of Arius concerning the Son of God |
344 |
| 7 |
Rejection
of Arius’s Position |
344 |
| 8 |
Explanation
of the Texts which Arius used to allege for himself |
346 |
| 12 |
How the
Son of God is called the Wisdom of God |
349 |
| 17 |
That the
Holy Ghost is true God |
349 |
| 18 |
That the
Holy Ghost is a Subsistent Person |
351 |
| 20 |
Of the
Effects which the Scriptures attribute to the Holy Ghost in respect of the whole
Creation |
351 |
| 21 |
Of the
Effects attributed to the Holy Ghost in Scripture in the way of Gifts bestowed on
the Rational Creature |
352 |
| 22 |
Of the
Effects attributed to the Holy Ghost in the attraction of the Rational Creature
to God |
353 |
| 23 |
Replies
to Arguments alleged against the Divinity of the Holy Ghost |
354 |
| 24 |
That the
Holy Ghost Proceeds from the Son |
356 |
| 26 |
That there
are only Three Persons in the Godhead, Father and Son and Holy Ghost |
358 |
| 27 |
Of the
Incarnation of the Word according to the Tradition of Holy Scripture |
359 |
| 28 |
Of the
Error of Photinus concerning the Incarnation |
360 |
| 29 |
Of the
Error of the Manicheans concerning the Incarnation |
360 |
| 32, 33 |
Of
the Error of Arius and Apollinaris concerning the Soul of Christ |
362 |
| 34 |
Of the
Error of Theodore of Mopsuestia concerning the Union of the Word with Man |
362 |
| 35 |
Against
the Error of Eutyches |
366 |
| 36 |
Of the
Error of Macarius of Antioch, who posited one Operation only and one Will only in
Christ |
367 |
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The Doctrine
of Catholic Faith concerning the Incarnation |
369 |
| 41 |
Some further
Elucidation of the Incarnation |
369 |
| 40, 49 |
Objections
against the Faith of the Incarnation, with Replies |
371 |
| 44 |
That the
Human Nature, assumed by the Word, was perfect in Soul and Body in the instant of
Conception |
373 |
| 45 |
That Christ
was born of a Virgin without prejudice to His true and natural Humanity |
374 |
| 46, 47 |
That
Christ was conceived by the Holy Ghost |
374 |
| 54 |
Of the
Incarnation as part of the Fitness of Things |
374 |
| 55 |
Points
of Reply to Difficulties touching the Economy of the Incarnation |
376 |
| 50 |
That Original
Sin is transmitted from our First Parent to his Posterity |
379 |
| 51, 52 |
Arguments
against Original Sin, with Replies |
380 |
| 56 |
Of the
Need of Sacraments |
383 |
| 57 |
Of the
Difference between the Sacraments of the Old and of the New Law |
383 |
| 58 |
Of the
Number of the Sacraments of the New Law |
384 |
| 59 |
Of Baptism |
385 |
| 60 |
Of Confirmation
|
386 |
| 61 |
Of the
Eucharist |
386 |
| 63 |
Of the
Conversion of Bread into the Body of Christ |
387 |
| 64 |
An Answer
to Difficulties raised in respect of Place |
388 |
| 65 |
The Difficulty
of the Accidents remaining |
389 |
| 66 |
What happens
when the Sacramental Species pass away |
390 |
| 67 |
Answer
to the Difficulty raised in respect of the Breaking of the Host |
390 |
| 68 |
The Explanation
of a Text |
391 |
| 69 |
Of the
kind of Bread and Wine that ought to be used for the Consecration of this Sacrament |
391 |
| 70 |
That it
is possible for a man to sin after receiving Sacramental Grace |
392 |
| 71 |
That a
man who sins after the Grace of the Sacraments may be converted to Grace |
393 |
| 72 |
Of the
need of the Sacrament of Penance, and of the Parts thereof |
393 |
| 73 |
Of the
Sacrament of Extreme Unction |
396 |
| 74 |
Of the
Sacrament of Order |
397 |
| 75 |
Of the
Distinction of Orders |
399 |
| 76 |
Of the
Episcopal Dignity, and that therein one Bishop is Supreme |
399 |
| 77 |
That Sacraments
can be administered even by Wicked Ministers |
401 |
| 78 |
Of the
Sacrament of Matrimony |
402 |
| 79 |
That through
Christ the Resurrection of our Bodies will take place |
403 |
| 81 |
Some Points
of Reply to Difficulties on the Resurrection |
404 |
| 82 |
That Men
shall rise again Immortal |
406 |
| 83 |
That in
the Resurrection there will be no use of Food or Intercourse of the Sexes |
406 |
| 84 |
That Risen
Bodies shall be of the same Nature as before |
408 |
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That the
Bodies of the Risen shall be otherwise organised than before |
408 |
| 86 |
Of the
Qualities of Glorified Bodies |
409 |
| 88 |
Of Sex
and Age in the Resurrection |
411 |
| 89 |
Of the
Quality of Risen Bodies in the Lost |
412 |
| 90 |
How Incorporeal
Subsistent Spirits suffer from Corporeal Fire, and are befittingly punished with
Corporeal Punishments |
413 |
| 91 |
That Souls
enter upon Punishment or Reward immediately after their Separation from their Bodies |
414 |
| 92 |
That the
Souls of the Saints after Death have their Will immutably fixed on Good |
415 |
| 93 |
That the
Souls of the Wicked after Death have their Will immutably fixed on Evil |
416 |
| 94 |
Of the
Immutability of the Will of Souls detained in Purgatory |
417 |
| 95 |
Of the
General Cause of Immutability in all Souls after their Separation from the Body |
417 |
| 96 |
Of the
Last judgement |
419 |
| 97 |
Of the State of the World after the Judgement |
419 |
| INDEX |
421 |
