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PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

QUESTION LXXXI

OF THE VIRTUE OF RELIGION

I

Does the Virtue of Religion direct a Man to God Alone?

II

Is Religion a Virtue?

III

Is Religion One Virtue?

IV

Is Religion a Special Virtue Distinct From Others?

V

Is Religion One of the Theological Virtues?

VI

Is Religion to be preferred to the Other Moral Virtues?

VII

Has Religion, That is Latria , [65] any External Acts?

VIII

Is Religion the Same as Sanctity?

QUESTION LXXXII

OF DEVOTION

I

Is Devotion a Special Kind of Act?

II

Is Devotion an Act of the Virtue of Religion?

III

Is Contemplation, that is Meditation, the Cause of Devotion?

IV

Is Joy an Effect of Devotion?

QUESTION LXXXIII

OF PRAYER

I

Is Prayer an Act of the Appetitive Powers?

II

Is It Fitting To Pray?

III

Is Prayer an Act of the Virtue of Religion?

IV

Ought We To Pray To God Alone?

V

Should We in our Prayers ask for Anything Definite from God?

VI

Ought We in our Prayers to ask for Temporal Things from God?

VII

Ought We To Pray for Others?

VIII

Ought We To Pray for Our Enemies?

On the Seven Petitions of the lord's Prayer .

Rhythm in Honour of the Blessed Sacrament, said to have been composed by S. Thomas on his Death-Bed. [188]

X

Is Prayer Peculiar to Rational Creatures?

XI

Do the Saints in Heaven Pray for Us?

XII

Should Prayer be Vocal?

XIII

Must Prayer necessarily be Attentive?

XIV

Should our Prayers be Long?

XV

Is Prayer Meritorious?

XVI

Do Sinners gain Anything From God by their Prayers?

XVII

Can We rightly term Supplications," "Prayers," "Intercessions," and "Thanksgivings," parts of Prayer?

FROM THE SUPPLEMENT TO THE SUMMA—QUESTION LXXII

OF THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS WHO ARE IN HEAVEN

I

Are the Saints cognizant of our Prayers?

II

Ought we to appeal to the Saints to intercede for us?

III

Are the Saints' Prayers to God for us always heard?

QUESTION CLXXIX

OF THE DIVISION OF LIFE INTO THE ACTIVE AND THE CONTEMPLATIVE

I

May Life be fittingly divided into the Active and the Contemplative?

II

Is this division of Life into the Active and the Contemplative a sufficient one?

QUESTION CLXXX

OF THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE

I

Is the Contemplative Life wholly confined to the Intellect, or does the Will enter into it?

II

Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life?

III

Does the Contemplative Life comprise many Acts?

IV

Does the Contemplative Life consist solely in the Contemplation of God, or in the Consideration of other Truths as well?

V

Can the Contemplative Life attain, according to the State of this Present Life, to the Contemplation of the Divine Essence?

VI

Is the Act of Contemplation Rightly Distinguished According to the Three Kinds of Motion—Circular, Direct, and Oblique?

VII

Has Contemplation its Joys?

VIII

Is the Contemplative Life lasting?

QUESTION CLXXXI

OF THE ACTIVE LIFE

I

Do all Acts of the Moral Virtues come under the Active Life?

II

Does Prudence pertain to the Active Life?

III

Does Teaching Belong to the Active or to the Contemplative Life?

IV

Does the Active Life continue after this Life?

QUESTION CLXXXII

OF THE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE ACTIVE AND THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE

I

Is the Active Life preferable to the Contemplative?

II

Is the Active Life more Meritorious than the Contemplative?

III

Is the Active Life a Hindrance to the Contemplative Life?

IV

Does the Active Life precede the Contemplative?

QUESTION CLXXXVI

ON THE RELIGIOUS STATE

Are Contemplative Orders superior to Active Orders?

INDEX

INDEX OF TEXTS QUOTED OR EXPLAINED

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