Summa Theologica - 08 Pars Prima Secundae, Treatise on Habits, Virtues and Vices

by Saint Thomas Aquinas

43 chapters24h 19mEnglish0

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The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274) although it was never finished. It was intended as a manual for beginners and a compilation of all of the main theological teachings of that time. It summarizes the reasoning for almost all points of Christian theology in the West, which, before the Protestant Reformation, subsisted solely in the Roman Catholic Church. The Summa's topics follow a cycle: the existence of God, God's creation, Man, Man's purpose, Christ, the Sacraments, and back to God. (Summary adapted from the Wikipedia) This selection of the Summa Theologica covers questions 49-89 of the Prima Secundae ("First-half of the Second Part"), a Treatise on the Habits, Virtues and Vices: the habits in general (questions 49-54), and in particular (questions 55-89), whether expressed as virtues (55-70) or as vices (71-89).

Chapters (43)

1Question 49 - OF HABITS IN GENERAL, AS TO THEIR SUBSTANCE (In Four Articles)

2071

2Question 50 - OF THE SUBJECT OF HABITS (In Six Articles)

2565

3Question 51 - OF THE CAUSE OF HABITS, AS TO THEIR FORMATION (In Four Articles)

1553

4Question 52 - OF THE INCREASE OF HABITS (In Three Articles)

1664

5Question 53 - HOW HABITS ARE CORRUPTED OR DIMINISHED (In Three Articles)

1302

6Question 54 - OF THE DISTINCTION OF HABITS (In Four Articles)

1480

7Question 55 - OF THE VIRTUES, AS TO THEIR ESSENCE (In Four Articles)

1716

8Question 56 - OF THE SUBJECT OF VIRTUE (In Six Articles)

2290

9Question 57 - OF THE INTELLECTUAL VIRTUES (In Six Articles)

2603

10Question 58 - OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL VIRTUES (In Five Articles)

2003

11Question 59 - OF MORAL VIRTUE IN RELATION TO THE PASSIONS (In Five Articles)

1761

12Question 60 - HOW THE MORAL VIRTUES DIFFER FROM ONE ANOTHER (In Five Articles)

2169

13Question 61 - OF THE CARDINAL VIRTUES (In Five Articles)

2039

14Question 62 - OF THE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES (In Four Articles)

1370

15Question 63 - OF THE CAUSE OF VIRTUES (In Four Articles)

1516

16Question 64 - OF THE MEAN OF VIRTUE (In Four Articles)

1476

17Question 65 - OF THE CONNECTION OF VIRTUES (In Five Articles)

2173

18Question 66 - OF EQUALITY AMONG THE VIRTUES (In Six Articles)

2630

19Question 67 - OF THE DURATION OF VIRTUES AFTER THIS LIFE (In Six Articles)

2561

20Question 68 - OF THE GIFTS (In Eight Articles)

3811

21Question 69 - OF THE BEATITUDES (In Four Articles)

2125

22Question 70 - OF THE FRUITS OF THE HOLY GHOST (In Four Articles)

1655

23Question 71 - OF VICE AND SIN CONSIDERED IN THEMSELVES (In Six Articles)

2476

24Question 72 - OF THE DISTINCTION OF SINS (In Nine Articles)

3474

25Question 73 - OF THE COMPARISON OF ONE SIN WITH ANOTHER (In Ten Articles), part 1

1871

26Question 73 - OF THE COMPARISON OF ONE SIN WITH ANOTHER (In Ten Articles), part 2

2024

27Question 74 - OF THE SUBJECT OF SIN (In Ten Articles), part 1

1885

28Question 74 - OF THE SUBJECT OF SIN (In Ten Articles), part 2

1983

29Question 75 - OF THE CAUSES OF SIN, IN GENERAL (In Four Articles)

1454

30Question 76 - OF THE CAUSES OF SIN, IN PARTICULAR (In Four Articles)

1716

31Question 77 - OF THE CAUSE OF SIN, ON THE PART OF THE SENSITIVE APPETITE (In Eight Articles)

3089

32Question 78 - OF THAT CAUSE OF SIN WHICH IS MALICE (In Four Articles)

1627

33Question 79 - OF THE EXTERNAL CAUSES OF SIN (In Four Articles)

1556

34Question 80 - OF THE CAUSE OF SIN, AS REGARDS THE DEVIL (In Four Articles)

1480

35Question 81 - OF THE CAUSE OF SIN, ON THE PART OF MAN (In Five Articles)

2213

36Question 82 - OF ORIGINAL SIN, AS TO ITS ESSENCE (In Four Articles)

1453

37Question 83 - OF THE SUBJECT OF ORIGINAL SIN (In Four Articles)

1556

38Question 84 - OF THE CAUSE OF SIN, IN RESPECT OF ONE SIN BEING THE CAUSE OF ANOTHER (In Four Articles)

1739

39Question 85 - OF THE EFFECTS OF SIN, AND FIRST, OF THE CORRUPTION OF THE GOOD OF NATURE (In Six Articles)

2476

40Question 86 - OF THE STAIN OF SIN (In Two Articles)

666

41Question 87 - OF THE DEBT OF PUNISHMENT (In Eight Articles)

3225

42Question 88 - OF VENIAL AND MORTAL SIN (In Six Articles)

2733

43Question 89 - OF VENIAL SIN IN ITSELF (In Six Articles)

2361

Summa Theologica - 08 Pars Prima Secundae, Treatise on Habits, Virtues and Vices

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