Summa Theologica

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Whether, besides philosophy, any further doctrine is required?

Whether sacred doctrine is a science?

Whether sacred doctrine is one science?

Whether sacred doctrine is a practical science?

Whether sacred doctrine is nobler than other sciences?

Whether this doctrine is the same as wisdom?

Whether God is the object of this science?

Whether sacred doctrine is a matter of argument?

Whether Holy Scripture should use metaphors?

Whether in Holy Scripture a word may have several senses?

TREATISE ON THE ONE GOD (QQ{2}-26)

TREATISE ON THE ONE GOD (QQ -26)THE EXISTENCE OF GOD (THREE ARTICLES)

Whether the existence of God is self-evident?

Whether it can be demonstrated that God exists?

Whether God exists?

OF THE SIMPLICITY OF GOD (EIGHT ARTICLES)

Whether God is a body?

Whether God is composed of matter and form?

Whether God is the same as His essence or nature?

Whether essence and existence are the same in God?

Whether God is contained in a genus?

Whether in God there are any accidents?

Whether God is altogether simple?

Whether God enters into the composition of other things?

THE PERFECTION OF GOD (THREE ARTICLES)

Whether God is perfect?

Whether the perfections of all things are in God?

Whether any creature can be like God?

OF GOODNESS IN GENERAL (SIX ARTICLES)

Whether goodness differs really from being?

Whether goodness is prior in idea to being?

Whether every being is good?

Whether goodness has the aspect of a final cause?

Whether the essence of goodness consists in mode, species and order?

Whether goodness is rightly divided into the virtuous*, the useful and the pleasant? [*"Bonum honestum" is the virtuous good considered as fitting. (cf. SS, Q , A ; SS, Q )]

THE GOODNESS OF GOD (FOUR ARTICLES)

Whether God is good?

Whether God is the supreme good?

Whether to be essentially good belongs to God alone?

Whether all things are good by the divine goodness?

THE INFINITY OF GOD (FOUR ARTICLES)

Whether God is infinite?

Whether anything but God can be essentially infinite?

Whether an actually infinite magnitude can exist?

Whether an infinite multitude can exist?

THE EXISTENCE OF GOD IN THINGS (FOUR ARTICLES)

Whether God is in all things?

Whether God is everywhere?

Whether God is everywhere by essence, presence and power?

Whether to be everywhere belongs to God alone?

THE IMMUTABILITY OF GOD (TWO ARTICLES)

Whether God is altogether immutable?

Whether to be immutable belongs to God alone?

THE ETERNITY OF GOD (SIX ARTICLES)

Whether this is a good definition of eternity, "The simultaneously-whole and perfect possession of interminable life"?

Whether God is eternal?

Whether to be eternal belongs to God alone?

Whether eternity differs from time?

The difference of aeviternity and time

Whether there is only one aeviternity?

THE UNITY OF GOD (FOUR ARTICLES)

Whether "one" adds anything to "being"?

Whether "one" and "many" are opposed to each other?

Whether God is one?

Whether God is supremely one?

HOW GOD IS KNOWN BY US (THIRTEEN ARTICLES)

Whether any created intellect can see the essence of God?

Whether the essence of God is seen by the created intellect through an image?

Whether the essence of God can be seen with the bodily eye?

Whether any created intellect by its natural powers can see the Divine essence?

Whether the created intellect needs any created light in order to see the essence of God?

Whether of those who see the essence of God, one sees more perfectly than another?

Whether those who see the essence of God comprehend Him?

Whether those who see the essence of God see all in God?

Whether what is seen in God by those who see the Divine essence, is seen through any similitude?

Whether those who see the essence of God see all they see in it at the same time?

Whether anyone in this life can see the essence of God?

Whether God can be known in this life by natural reason?

Whether by grace a higher knowledge of God can be obtained than by natural reason?

THE NAMES OF GOD (TWELVE ARTICLES)

Whether a name can be given to God?

Whether any name can be applied to God substantially?

Whether any name can be applied to God in its literal sense?

Whether names applied to God are synonymous?

Whether what is said of God and of creatures is univocally predicated of them?

Whether names predicated of God are predicated primarily of creatures?

Whether names which imply relation to creatures are predicated of God temporally?

Whether this name "God" is a name of the nature?

Whether this name "God" is communicable?

Whether this name "God" is applied to God univocally by nature, by participation, and according to opinion?

Whether this name, HE WHO IS, is the most proper name of God?

Whether affirmative propositions can be formed about God?

OF GOD'S KNOWLEDGE (SIXTEEN ARTICLES)

Whether there is knowledge [*Scientia]?

Whether God understands Himself?

Whether God comprehends Himself?

Whether the act of God's intellect is His substance?

Whether God knows things other than Himself?

Whether God knows things other than Himself by proper knowledge?

Whether the knowledge of God is discursive?

Whether the knowledge of God is the cause of things?

Whether God has knowledge of things that are not?

Whether God knows evil things?

Whether God knows singular things?

Whether God can know infinite things?

Whether the knowledge of God is of future contingent things?

Whether God knows enunciable things?

Whether the knowledge of God is variable?

Whether God has a speculative knowledge of things?

OF IDEAS (THREE ARTICLES)

Whether there are ideas?

Whether ideas are many?

Whether there are ideas of all things that God knows?

OF TRUTH (EIGHT ARTICLES)

Whether truth resides only in the intellect?

Whether truth resides only in the intellect composing and dividing?

Whether the true and being are convertible terms?

Whether good is logically prior to the true?

Whether God is truth?

Whether there is only one truth, according to which all things are true?

Whether created truth is eternal?

Whether truth is immutable?

CONCERNING FALSITY (FOUR ARTICLES)

Whether falsity exists in things?

Whether there is falsity in the senses?

Whether falsity is in the intellect?

Whether true and false are contraries?

THE LIFE OF GOD (FOUR ARTICLES)

Whether to live belongs to all natural things?

Whether life is an operation?

Whether life is properly attributed to God?

Whether all things are life in God?

THE WILL OF GOD (TWELVE ARTICLES)

Whether there is will in God?

Whether God wills things apart from Himself?

Whether whatever God wills He wills necessarily?

Whether the will of God is the cause of things?

Whether any cause can be assigned to the divine will?

Whether the will of God is always fulfilled?

Whether the will of God is changeable?

Whether the will of God imposes necessity on the things willed?

Whether God wills evils?

Whether God has free-will?

Whether the will of expression is to be distinguished in God?

Whether five expressions of will are rightly assigned to the divine will?

GOD'S LOVE (FOUR ARTICLES)

Whether love exists in God?

Whether God loves all things?

Whether God loves all things equally?

Whether God always loves more the better things?

THE JUSTICE AND MERCY OF GOD (FOUR ARTICLES)

Whether there is justice in God?

Whether the justice of God is truth?

Whether mercy can be attributed to God?

Whether in every work of God there are mercy and justice?

THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD (FOUR ARTICLES)

Whether providence can suitably be attributed to God?

Whether everything is subject to the providence of God?

Whether God has immediate providence over everything?

Whether providence imposes any necessity on things foreseen?

OF PREDESTINATION (EIGHT ARTICLES)

Whether men are predestined by God?

Whether predestination places anything in the predestined?

Whether God reprobates any man?

Whether the predestined are chosen by God? [*"Eligantur."]

Whether the foreknowledge of merits is the cause of predestination?

Whether predestination is certain?

Whether the number of the predestined is certain?

Whether predestination can be furthered by the prayers of the saints?

THE BOOK OF LIFE (THREE ARTICLES)

Whether the book of life is the same as predestination?

Whether the book of life regards only the life of glory of the predestined?

Whether anyone may be blotted out of the book of life?

THE POWER OF GOD (SIX ARTICLES)

Whether there is power in God?

Whether the power of God is infinite?

Whether God is omnipotent?

Whether God can make the past not to have been?

Whether God can do what He does not?

Whether God can do better than what He does?

OF THE DIVINE BEATITUDE (FOUR ARTICLES)

Whether beatitude belongs to God?

Whether God is called blessed in respect of His intellect?

Whether God is the beatitude of each of the blessed?

Whether all other beatitude is included in the beatitude of God?

TREATISE ON THE MOST HOLY TRINITY (QQ{27}-43)

TREATISE ON THE MOST HOLY TRINITY (QQ -43)THE PROCESSION OF THE DIVINE PERSONS (FIVE ARTICLES)

Whether there is procession in God?

Whether any procession in God can be called generation?

Whether any other procession exists in God besides that of the Word?

Whether the procession of love in God is generation?

Whether there are more than two processions in God?

THE DIVINE RELATIONS (FOUR ARTICLES)

Whether there are real relations in God?

Whether relation in God is the same as His essence?

Whether the relations in God are really distinguished from each other?

Whether in God there are only four real relations---paternity, filiation, spiration, and procession?

THE DIVINE PERSONS (FOUR ARTICLES)

The definition of "person"

Whether "person" is the same as hypostasis, subsistence, and essence?

Whether the word "person" should be said of God?

Whether this word "person" signifies relation?

THE PLURALITY OF PERSONS IN GOD (FOUR ARTICLES)

Whether there are several persons in God?

Whether there are more than three persons in God?

Whether the numeral terms denote anything real in God?

Whether this term "person" can be common to the three persons?

OF WHAT BELONGS TO THE UNITY OR PLURALITY IN GOD (FOUR ARTICLES)

Whether there is trinity in God?

Whether the Son is other than the Father?

Whether the exclusive word "alone" should be added to the essential term in God?

Whether an exclusive diction can be joined to the personal term?

THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIVINE PERSONS (FOUR ARTICLES)

Whether the trinity of the divine persons can be known by natural reason?

Whether there are notions in God?

Whether there are five notions?

Whether it is lawful to have various contrary opinions of notions?

OF THE PERSON OF THE FATHER (FOUR ARTICLES)

Whether it belongs to the Father to be the principle?

Whether this name "Father" is properly the name of a divine person?

Whether this name "Father" is applied to God, firstly as a personal name?

Whether it is proper to the Father to be unbegotten?

OF THE PERSON OF THE SON (THREE ARTICLES)

Whether Word in God is a personal name?

Whether "Word" is the Son's proper name?

Whether the name "Word" imports relation to creatures?

OF THE IMAGE (TWO ARTICLES)

Whether image in God is said personally?

Whether the name of Image is proper to the Son?

OF THE PERSON OF THE HOLY GHOST (FOUR ARTICLES)

Whether this name "Holy Ghost" is the proper name of one divine person?

Whether the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Son?

Whether the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Father through the Son?

Whether the Father and the Son are one principle of the Holy Ghost?

OF THE NAME OF THE HOLY GHOST---LOVE (TWO ARTICLES)

Whether "Love" is the proper name of the Holy Ghost?

Whether the Father and the Son love each other by the Holy Ghost?

OF THE NAME OF THE HOLY GHOST, AS GIFT (TWO ARTICLES)

Whether "Gift" is a personal name?

Whether "Gift" is the proper name of the Holy Ghost?

OF THE PERSONS IN RELATION TO THE ESSENCE (EIGHT ARTICLES)

Whether in God the essence is the same as the person?

Whether it must be said that the three persons are of one essence?

Whether essential names should be predicated in the singular of the three persons?

Whether the concrete essential names can stand for the person?

Whether abstract essential names can stand for the person?

Whether the persons can be predicated of the essential terms?

Whether the essential names should be appropriated to the persons?

Whether the essential attributes are appropriated to the persons in a fitting manner by the holy doctors?

OF THE PERSONS AS COMPARED TO THE RELATIONS OR PROPERTIES (FOUR ARTICLES)

Whether relation is the same as person?

Whether the persons are distinguished by the relations?

Whether the hypostases remain if the relations are mentally abstracted from the persons?

Whether the properties presuppose the notional acts?

OF THE PERSONS IN REFERENCE TO THE NOTIONAL ACTS (SIX ARTICLES)

Whether the notional acts are to be attributed to the persons?

Whether the notional acts are voluntary?

Whether the notional acts proceed from something?

Whether in God there is a power in respect of the notional acts?

Whether the power of begetting signifies a relation, and not the essence?

Whether several persons can be the term of one notional act?

OF EQUALITY AND LIKENESS AMONG THE DIVINE PERSONS (SIX ARTICLES)

Whether there is equality in God?

Whether the person proceeding is co-eternal with His principle, as the Son with the Father?

Whether in the divine persons there exists an order of nature?

Whether the Son is equal to the

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