Of Fear* (Four Articles) [*St. Thomas Calls this vice Indifferently 'Fear' or 'timidity. ' the Translation Requires one to Adhere to These Terms on Account of the Connection with the Passion of Fear. Otherwise 'Cowardice' Would be a Better Rendering. ]
Summa Theologica — Saint Thomas Aquinas
We must now consider the vices opposed to fortitude: (1) Fear; (2) Fearlessness; (3) Daring.

Under the first head there are four points of inquiry:

(1) Whether fear is a sin?

(2) Whether it is opposed to fortitude?

(3) Whether it is a mortal sin?

(4) Whether it excuses from sin, or diminishes it?

whether faith alone is the
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