Summa contra Gentiles
English translation by the English Dominican Fathers (Laurence Shapcote, O.P.) (1864–1947), London: Burns Oates & Washbourne: First Book 1924, Second Book 1923, Third Book 1928 (Fourth Book, 1929, not included).
Books I-III only: the Fourth Book (1929) of this translation is not on the Internet Archive and is not included. Footnotes (references to Aristotle etc.) omitted; the translator's preface omitted. Where the translation prints two chapters under one heading (e.g. I, 51-52 'Chapters LI and LII') the division takes the first number. English only: the Leonine Latin (1918-1930) exists only as scans.
- First Book: God
- 1.1 Chapter I. In what consists the office of a wise man
- 1.2 Chapter II. The author's intention in this work
- 1.3 Chapter III. In what way it is possible to make known the divine truth
- 1.4 Chapter IV. That the truth about divine things which is attain- able by reason is fittingly proposed to man as an object of belief
- 1.5 Chapter V. That those things which cannot be investigated by reason are fittingly proposed to man as an object of faith
- 1.6 Chapter VI. That it is not a mark of levity to assent to the things that are of faith, although they are above reason
- 1.7 Chapter VII. That the truth of reason is not in opposition to the truth of the Christian faith
- 1.8 Chapter VIII. In what relation human reason stands to the truth of faith
- 1.9 Chapter IX. Of the order and mode of procedure in this work
- 1.10 Chapter X. Of the opinion of those who aver that it cannot be demonstrated that there is a God, since this is self-evident
- 1.11 Chapter XI. Refutation of the foregoing opinion and solution of the aforesaid arguments
- 1.12 Chapter XII. Of the opinion of those who say that the existence of God cannot be proved, and that it is held by faith alone
- 1.13 Chapter XIII. Arguments in proof of God's existence ' v **
- 1.14 Chapter XIV. That in order to acquire knowledge of God it is neces- sary to proceed by the way of remotion
- 1.15 Chapter XV. That God is eternal
- 1.16 Chapter XVI. That in God there is no passive potentiality
- 1.17 Chapter XVII. That in God there is no matter
- 1.18 Chapter XVIII. That in God there is no composition
- 1.19 Chapter XIX. That in God there is nothing violent or beside nature
- 1.20 Chapter XX. That God is not a body
- 1.21 Chapter XXI. That God is his own essence
- 1.22 Chapter XXII. That in God existence and essence are the same
- 1.23 Chapter XXIII. That there is no accident in God
- 1.24 Chapter XXIV. That the divine being cannot be specified by the addi- tion of any substantial difference
- 1.25 Chapter XXV. That God is not in any genus
- 1.26 Chapter XXVI. That God is not the formal being of all things
- 1.27 Chapter XXVII. That God is not the form of a body
- 1.28 Chapter XXVIII. Of the divine perfection
- 1.29 Chapter XXIX. Of the likeness of creatures
- 1.30 Chapter XXX. What terms can be predicated of God
- 1.31 Chapter XXXI. That the divine perfection and the plurality of divine names are not inconsistent with the divine simplicity
- 1.32 Chapter XXXII. That nothing is predicated univocally of God and other things
- 1.33 Chapter XXXIII. That not all terms applied to God and creatures are purely equivocal
- 1.34 Chapter XXXIV. That terms applied to God and creatures are employed analogically
- 1.35 Chapter XXXV. That the several names predicated of God are not synonymous
- 1.36 Chapter XXXVI. How our intellect forms a proposition about God
- 1.37 Chapter XXXVII. That God is good
- 1.38 Chapter XXXVIII. That God is goodness itself
- 1.39 Chapter XXXIX. That no evil can be in God
- 1.40 Chapter XL. That God is the good of every good3
- 1.41 Chapter XLI. That God is the sovereign good
- 1.42 Chapter XLII. That God is one
- 1.43 Chapter XLIII. That God is infinite
- 1.44 Chapter XLIV. That God is an intelligent being
- 1.45 Chapter XLV. That God's act of intelligence is his essence
- 1.46 Chapter XLVI. That God understands by nothing else than his essence
- 1.47 Chapter XLVII. That God understands himself perfectly
- 1.48 Chapter XLVIII. That God knows only himself first and per se
- 1.49 Chapter XLIX. That God knows things other than himself
- 1.50 Chapter L. That God has proper knowledge of all things
- 1.51 Chapter LI and LII. Reasons for inquiring how there is a multitude of things understood in the divine intellect
- 1.53 Chapter LIII. Solution of the foregoing doubt
- 1.54 Chapter LIV. How the divine essence, though one and simple, is a proper likeness of all things intelligible
- 1.55 Chapter LV. That God understands all things at the same instant
- 1.56 Chapter LVI. That God's knowledge is not a habit
- 1.57 Chapter LVII. That God's knowledge is not discursive
- 1.58 Chapter LVIII. That God does not understand by composition and division
- 1.59 Chapter LIX. That God is not ignorant of the truth of enunciations
- 1.60 Chapter LX. That God is truth
- 1.61 Chapter LXI. That God is the most pure truth
- 1.62 Chapter LXII. That the divine truth is the first and supreme truth
- 1.63 Chapter LXIII. The arguments of those who would deny to God the knowledge of singulars
- 1.64 Chapter LXIV. Order of the things to be said about the divine knowledge
- 1.65 Chapter LXV. That God knows singulars
- 1.66 Chapter LXVI. That God knows the things that are not
- 1.67 Chapter LXVII. That God knows future contingent singulars
- 1.68 Chapter LXVIII. That God knows the movements of the will
- 1.69 Chapter LXIX. That God knows infinite things
- 1.70 Chapter LXX. That God knows trivial things
- 1.71 Chapter LXXI. That God knows evil things
- 1.72 Chapter LXXII. That in God there is will
- 1.73 Chapter LXXIII. That God's will is his essence
- 1.74 Chapter LXXIV. That the principal object of God's will is the divine essence
- 1.75 Chapter LXXV. That God in willing himself wills also other things
- 1.76 Chapter LXXVI. That God, by the one act of his will, wills himself and other things
- 1.77 Chapter LXXVII. That the multitude of things willed is not incon- sistent with the divine simplicity
- 1.78 Chapter LXXVIII. That the divine will extends to particular goods
- 1.79 Chapter LXXIX. That God wills even the things that are not yet
- 1.80 Chapter LXXX. That God necessarily wills his being and his goodness
- 1.81 Chapter LXXXI. That God does not necessarily will other things than himself
- 1.82 Chapter LXXXII. Objections against the statement that God wills not of necessity things other than himself, in that it involves impossibilities
- 1.83 Chapter LXXXIII. That God wills something other than himself by a necessity of supposition
- 1.84 Chapter LXXXIV. That God's will is not of things impossible in themselves
- 1.85 Chapter LXXXV. That the divine will does not remove contingency from things, nor impose absolute necessity on them
- 1.86 Chapter LXXXVI. That a reason of the divine will can be assigned
- 1.87 Chapter LXXXVII. That nothing can be the cause of the divine will
- 1.88 Chapter LXXXVIII. That in God there is free-will
- 1.89 Chapter LXXXIX. That the passions of the appetite are not in God
- 1.90 Chapter XC. That in God are delight and joy, nor are they incom- patible with the divine perfection
- 1.91 Chapter XCI. That in God there is love
- 1.92 Chapter XCII. How virtues are to be ascribed to God
- 1.93 Chapter XCIII. That in God there are the moral virtues which are about actions
- 1.94 Chapter XCIV. That the contemplative virtues are in God
- 1.95 Chapter XCV. That God cannot will evil
- 1.96 Chapter XCVI. Ie hatred of any that God hates nothing, nor can the hatred of any- thing be ascribed to him
- 1.97 Chapter XCVII. That God is a living being
- 1.98 Chapter XCVIII. That God is his own life
- 1.99 Chapter XCIX. That God's life is eternal
- 1.100 Chapter C. That God is happy
- 1.101 Chapter CI. That God is his own happiness
- 1.102 Chapter CII. That God's happiness is perfect and singular, sur- passing all other happiness
- Second Book: Creation
- 2.1 Chapter I. Connection of the foregoing with the sequel
- 2.2 Chapter II. That the consideration of creatures is useful for building up our faith
- 2.3 Chapter III. That the knowledge of the nature of creatures avails for refuting errors against God
- 2.4 Chapter IV. That the Philosopher and the theologian treat of creatures in different ways
- 2.5 Chapter V. Order of the things to be said
- 2.6 Chapter VI. That it becomes God to be the source of being to other things
- 2.7 Chapter VII. That in God there is active power
- 2.8 Chapter VIII. THAT god's power IS HIS SUBSTANCE
- 2.9 Chapter IX. THAT god's power IS HIS ACTION
- 2.10 Chapter X. In what way power is ascribed to God
- 2.11 Chapter XI. That something is said of God in relation to creatures
- 2.12 Chapter XII. That relations said of God in reference to creatures are not really in God
- 2.13 Chapter XIII and XIV. How the aforesaid relations are predicated of God
- 2.15 Chapter XV. That God is to all things the cause of being
- 2.16 Chapter XVI. That God brought things into being out of nothing
- 2.17 Chapter XVII. That creation is neither movement nor change
- 2.18 Chapter XVIII. How to solve the objections against creation
- 2.19 Chapter XIX. That in creation there is no succession
- 2.20 Chapter XX. That no body can create
- 2.21 Chapter XXI. That it belongs to God alone to create
- 2.22 Chapter XXII. That God can do all things
- 2.23 Chapter XXIII. That God does not act of natural necessity
- 2.24 Chapter XXIV. That God works according to his wisdom
- 2.25 Chapter XXV. How the almighty is said to be unable to do certain things
- 2.26 Chapter XXVI. That the divine intellect is not confined to certain determined effects
- 2.27 Chapter XXVII. That the divine will is not confined to certain effects
- 2.28 Chapter XXVIII and XXIX. How there is anything due in the production of things
- 2.30 Chapter XXX. How there can be absolute necessity in created things
- 2.31 Chapter XXXI. That it is not necessary for creatures to have been always
- 2.32 Chapter XXXII. Arguments of those who wish to prove the eternity of the world from God's side of the question
- 2.33 Chapter XXXIII. Arguments of those who would prove the eternity of the world from the point of view of creatures
- 2.34 Chapter XXXIV. Arguments to prove the eternity of the world from the point of view of the making
- 2.35 Chapter XXXV. Solution of the foregoing arguments, and first of those that were taken from the standpoint of God
- 2.36 Chapter XXXVI. Solution of the arguments produced on the part of the things made
- 2.37 Chapter XXXVII. Solution of the arguments taken from the making of things
- 2.38 Chapter XXXVIII. Arguments by which some endeavour to prove that the world is not eternal
- 2.39 Chapter XXXIX. That the distinction of things is not from chance
- 2.40 Chapter XL. That matter is not the first cause of the distinction of things
- 2.41 Chapter XLI. That the distinction of things is not on account of a contrariety of agents
- 2.42 Chapter XLII. That the first cause of the distinction of things is not the order of secondary agents
- 2.43 Chapter XLIII. That the distinction among things does not result from some secondary agent introducing various forms into matter
- 2.44 Chapter XLIV. That distinction among things did not result from the diversity of merits or demerits
- 2.45 Chapter XLV. What is in truth the first cause of the distinction of things
- 2.46 Chapter XLVI. That for the perfection of the universe it was necessary that there should be some intellectual creatures
- 2.47 Chapter XLVII. That intellectual substances are capable of willing
- 2.48 Chapter XLVIII. That intellectual substances are of free-will in acting
- 2.49 Chapter XLIX. That the intellectual substance is not a body
- 2.50 Chapter L. That intellectual substances are immaterial
- 2.51 Chapter LI. That the intellectual substance is not a material form
- 2.52 Chapter LII. That in created intellectual substances there is a difference between being and what is
- 2.53 Chapter LIII. That in created intellectual substances there is act and potentiality
- 2.54 Chapter LIV. That composition of substance and being is not the same as composition of matter and form
- 2.55 Chapter LV. That intellectual substances are incorruptible
- 2.56 Chapter LVI. In what way it is possible for an intellectual substance to be united to the body
- 2.57 Chapter LVII. The opinion of Plato concerning the union of the intellectual soul with the body
- 2.58 Chapter LVIII. That the nutritive, sensitive, and intellective faculties in man are not three souls
- 2.59 Chapter LIX. THAT man's possible INTELLECT IS NOT A SEPARATE SUBSTANCE
- 2.60 Chapter LX. That man derives his species n'ot from the passive, but from the possible intellect
- 2.61 Chapter LXI. That the aforesaid opinion is contrary to that of Aristotle
- 2.62 Chapter LXII. Against the opinion of Alexander about the possible intellect
- 2.63 Chapter LXIII. That the soul is not a temperament, as Galen asserted
- 2.64 Chapter LXIV. That the soul is not a harmony
- 2.65 Chapter LXV. That the soul is not a body
- 2.66 Chapter LXVI. Against those who say that intellect and sense are the same
- 2.67 Chapter LXVII. Against those who say that the possible intellect is the imagination
- 2.68 Chapter LXVIII. How an intellectual substance can be the form of the body
- 2.69 Chapter LXIX. Solution of the arguments by which it was proved above that an intellectual substance cannot be united to the body as its form
- 2.70 Chapter LXX. That according to the words of Aristotle vte must say that the intellect is united to the body as its form
- 2.71 Chapter LXXI. That the soul is united to the body immediately
- 2.72 Chapter LXXII. That the whole soul is in the whole body and in each part thereof
- 2.73 Chapter LXXIII. That there is not one possible intellect in all men
- 2.74 Chapter LXXIV. Of the opinion of Avicenna, who asserted that intel- ligible forms are not preserved in the possible intellect
- 2.75 Chapter LXXV. Solution of the arguments which would seem to prove the unity of the possible intellect
- 2.76 Chapter LXXVI. That the active intellect is not a separate substance but part of the soul
- 2.77 Chapter LXXVII. That it is not impossible for the possible and active intellect to concur in the one substance of the soul
- 2.78 Chapter LXXVIII. That Aristotle's opinion concerning the active intellect was not that it is a separate substance, but rather that it is part of the soul
- 2.79 Chapter LXXIX. That the human soul is not corrupted when the body is corrupted
- 2.80 Chapter LXXX and LXXXI. Arguments to prove that the soul is corrupted when the body is corrupted
- 2.82 Chapter LXXXII. That the souls of dumb animals are not immortal
- 2.83 Chapter LXXXIII. That the human soul begins to exist with the body
- 2.84 Chapter LXXXIV. Solution of the foregoing arguments
- 2.85 Chapter LXXXV. That the soul is not made of God*s substance
- 2.86 Chapter LXXXVI. That the human soul is not transmitted with the semen
- 2.87 Chapter LXXXVII. That the human soul is brought into being through creation by God
- 2.88 Chapter LXXXVIII. Arguments for proving that the human soul is formed from the semen
- 2.89 Chapter LXXXIX. Solution of the foregoing arguments
- 2.90 Chapter XC. That an intellectual substance is united as a form to no other than the human body
- 2.91 Chapter XCI. That there are some intellectual substances which are not united to bodies
- 2.92 Chapter XCII. Of the great number of separate substances
- 2.93 Chapter XCIII. That there are not several separate substances of one species
- 2.94 Chapter XCIV. That the separate substance and the soul are not of one species
- 2.95 Chapter XCV. How we are to understand genus and species in separate substances
- 2.96 Chapter XCVI. That separate substances do not gather their knowledge from sensibles
- 2.97 Chapter XCVII. That the intellect of a separate substance always understands actually
- 2.98 Chapter XCVIII. How one separate substance understands another
- 2.99 Chapter XCIX. That separate substances know material things
- 2.100 Chapter C. That separate substances know singulars
- 2.101 Chapter CI. Whether separate substances know all things at the same time by their natural knowledge
- Third Book: Providence
- 3.1 Chapter I. Foreword
- 3.2 Chapter II. That every agent acts for an end
- 3.3 Chapter III. That every agent acts for a good
- 3.4 Chapter IV. That evil is unintentional in things
- 3.5 Chapter V and VI. Arguments that would seem to prove that evil is not beside the intention
- 3.7 Chapter VII. That evil is not an essence
- 3.8 Chapter VIII and IX. Arguments whereby seemingly it is proved that evil is a nature or a thing
- 3.10 Chapter X. That the cause of evil is a good
- 3.11 Chapter XI. That the subject of evil is a good
- 3.12 Chapter XII. | that evil does not entirely destroy good
- 3.13 Chapter XIII. That evil has a cause of some kind
- 3.14 Chapter XIV. That evil is an accidental cause
- 3.15 Chapter XV. That there is no sovereign evil
- 3.16 Chapter XVI. That the end of everything is a good
- 3.17 Chapter XVII. That all things are directed to one end, which is God
- 3.18 Chapter XVIII. How God is the end of things
- 3.19 Chapter XIX. That all things tend to be like unto God
- 3.20 Chapter XX. How things imitate the divine goodness
- 3.21 Chapter XXI. That things have a natural tendency to be like God forasmuch as he is a cause
- 3.22 Chapter XXII. How things are directed in various ways to their respective ends
- 3.23 Chapter XXIII. That the movement of the heaven is from an intellective principle
- 3.24 Chapter XXIV. How even things devoid of knowledge seek the good
- 3.25 Chapter XXV. That to know God is the end of every intelli- gent substance
- 3.26 Chapter XXVI. Does happiness consist in an act of the will?
- 3.27 Chapter XXVII. That human happiness does not consist in carnal pleasures
- 3.28 Chapter XXVIII. That happiness does not consist in honours
- 3.29 Chapter XXIX. That man’s happiness consists not in glory
- 3.30 Chapter XXX. That man’s happiness does not consist in wealth
- 3.31 Chapter XXXI. That happiness consists not in worldly power
- 3.32 Chapter XXXII. That happiness consists not in goods of the body
- 3.33 Chapter XXXIII. That human happiness is not seated in the senses
- 3.34 Chapter XXXIV. That man’s ultimate happiness does not consist in acts of moral virtue
- 3.35 Chapter XXXV. That ultimate happiness does not consist in the act of prudence
- 3.36 Chapter XXXVI. That happiness does not consist in the practice of. Art
- 3.37 Chapter XXXVII. That man’s ultimate happiness consists in contemplating God
- 3.38 Chapter XXXVIII. That human happiness does not consist in the know- ledge of God which is possessed generally by the majority
- 3.39 Chapter XXXIX. That man’s happiness does not consist in the know- ledge of God acquired by demonstration
- 3.40 Chapter XL. That man’s happiness does not consist in the knowledge of God by faith
- 3.41 Chapter XLI. Is it possible for man, in this life, to understand separate substances by the study and inquiry of speculative sciences?
- 3.42 Chapter XLII. That in this life we are unable to know separate substances in the manner proposed by alex- ander?
- 3.43 Chapter XLIII. That we cannot understand separate substances in this life, in the manner suggested by Averroes!
- 3.44 Chapter XLIV. That man’s ultimate happiness does not consist in the knowledge of separate substances as pretended by the aforesaid opinions
- 3.45 Chapter XLV. That it is impossible in this life to understand separate substances
- 3.46 Chapter XLVI. That in this life the soul does not understand itself by itself
- 3.47 Chapter XLVII. That in this life we are unable to see God in his essence
- 3.48 Chapter XLVIII. That man’s ultimate happiness is not in this life
- 3.49 Chapter XLIX. That separate substances do not see God in his essence through knowing him by their own essences
- 3.50 Chapter L. That the natural desire of the separate substances is not set at rest in the natural knowledge they have of God
- 3.51 Chapter LI. How God may be seen in his essence
- 3.52 Chapter LII. That no created substance can by its natural power arrive at seeing God in his essence
- 3.53 Chapter LIII. That the created intellect needs a ray) of) the divine light in order to see God in his essence
- 3.54 Chapter LIV. Arguments that would seem to prove that God cannot be seen in his essence; and the solution thereof
- 3.55 Chapter LV. That the created intellect does not comprehend the divine substance
- 3.56 Chapter LVI. That no created intellect, in seeing God, sees all that can be seen in him
- 3.57 Chapter LVII. That every intellect of any degree can participate in the divine vision
- 3.58 Chapter LVIII. Than another
- 3.59 Chapter LIX. How those who see the divine substance see all things
- 3.60 Chapter LX. That those who see God see all in him at once
- 3.61 Chapter LXI. That by seeing God a man is made a partaker of eternal life
- 3.62 Chapter LXII. That those who see God will see him for ever
- 3.63 Chapter LXIII. How in that ultimate happiness man’s every desire is fulfilled
- 3.64 Chapter LXIV. That God governs things by his providence
- 3.65 Chapter LXV. That God preserves things in existence
- 3.66 Chapter LXVI. That nothing gives existence except in so far as it acts by God’s power
- 3.67 Chapter LXVII. Their operating
- 3.68 Chapter LXVIII. That God is everywhere
- 3.69 Chapter LXIX. Concerning the opinion of those who withdraw from natural things their proper actions
- 3.70 Chapter LXX. How the same effect is from God and from the natural agent
- 3.71 Chapter LXXI. That divine providence does not entirely exclude evil from things
- 3.72 Chapter LXXII. That divine providence does not exclude contingency from things
- 3.73 Chapter LXXIII. That divine providence does not exclude free will
- 3.74 Chapter LXXIV. That divine providence does not exclude chance or luck
- 3.75 Chapter LXXV. That divine providence is concerned with singular contingencies
- 3.76 Chapter LXXVI. That God’s providence cares for all individuals immediately
- 3.77 Chapter LXXVII. Out by secondary causes
- 3.78 Chapter LXXVIII. That by means of intellectual creatures other creatures are/ ruled by God
- 3.79 Chapter LXXIX. That the lower intellectual substances are ruled by the higher
- 3.80 Chapter LXXX. Of the order between one angel and another
- 3.81 Chapter LXXXI. Of the ordering of men among themselves and to other things
- 3.82 Chapter LXXXII. That the inferior bodies are ruled by God by means of the heavenly bodies
- 3.83 Chapter LXXXIII. Conclusion of the foregoing
- 3.84 Chapter LXXXIV. That the heavenly bodies do not impress on our intellect
- 3.85 Chapter LXXXV. That the heavenly bodies are not the cause of our willing and choosing
- 3.86 Chapter LXXXVI. That corporeal effects in this lower world do not result of necessity from the action of the heavenly bodies
- 3.87 Chapter LXXXVII. That the movement of a heavenly body is not the cause of our choosing by virtue of its soul moving us, as some say
- 3.88 Chapter LXXXVIII. That created substances cannot be the direct causes of our acts of choosing and willing, but God alone
- 3.89 Chapter LXXXIX. That the movement of the will, and not only the power of the will, is caused by God
- 3.90 Chapter XC. That human choice and will are subject to divine providence
- 3.91 Chapter XCI. How human affairs may be referred to higher causes
- 3.92 Chapter XCII. How a man may be said to be fortunate, and how he is assisted by higher causes
- 3.93 Chapter XCIII. Is there such a thing as fate, and what is it?
- 3.94 Chapter XCIV. Of the certainty of divine providence
- 3.95 Chapter XCV and XCVI. That the unchangeableness of divine providence does not exclude the usefulness of prayer
- 3.97 Chapter XCVII. How there is a reason for divine providence
- 3.98 Chapter XCVIII. How it is possible, and how it is impossible, for God to do something outside the order of his providence
- 3.99 Chapter XCIX. That God can work outside the order imposed on things, by producing effects without their proxi- mate causes
- 3.100 Chapter C. That what God does beside the order of nature is not contrary to nature
- 3.101 Chapter CI. Of miracles
- 3.102 Chapter CII. That God alone works miracles
- 3.103 Chapter CIII. That spiritual substances do wonders which, how- ever, are not miracles properly speaking
- 3.104 Chapter CIV. That the works of magicians result not only from the influence of heavenly bodies
- 3.105 Chapter CV. Whence the works of magicians derive their efficacy
- 3.106 Chapter CVI. That the intellectual substance which gives efficacy to the practices of magic is not good according to virtue
- 3.107 Chapter CVII. That the intellectual substance whose assistance is employed in the magic arts is not evil in its nature
- 3.108 Chapter CVIII. Arguments that would seem to prove. That there can be no sin in the demons
- 3.109 Chapter CIX. That sin is possible in the demons, and how
- 3.110 Chapter CX. Solution of the aforesaid arguments
- 3.111 Chapter CXI. That rational creatures are subject to divine provi- dence in a special manner
- 3.112 Chapter CXII. That rational creatures are governed for their own sake, and other creatures, as directed to them
- 3.113 Chapter CXIII. That the rational creature is directed to its action by God not only in its relation to the species, but also in its relation to the individual
- 3.114 Chapter CXIV. That laws are given by God to man
- 3.115 Chapter CXV. That the divine law directs man chiefly to God
- 3.116 Chapter CXVI. That the end of God’s law is the love of God
- 3.117 Chapter CXVII. That we are directed by the divine law to the love of our neighbour
- 3.118 Chapter CXVIII. That the divine law binds men to the true faith
- 3.119 Chapter CXIX. That our mind is directed to God by certain sensible things
- 3.120 Chapter CXX. That the worship of latria is due to God alone
- 3.121 Chapter CXXI. That the divine law directs man according to reason as regards things corporeal and sensible
- 3.122 Chapter CXXII. How, according to the divine law, simple fornication is a sin I and that matrimony is natural
- 3.123 Chapter CXXIII. That matrimony should be indissoluble
- 3.124 Chapter CXXIV. That matrimony should be the union of one man with one woman
- 3.125 Chapter CXXV. That marriage should not be contracted between relatives
- 3.126 Chapter CXXVI. That not all carnal intercourse is sinful
- 3.127 Chapter CXXVII. That no food is in itself sinful for one to take
- 3.128 Chapter CXXVIII. How by the divine law man is directed to his neighbour
- 3.129 Chapter CXXIX. That some human acts are right by nature, and not because they are prescribed by law
- 3.130 Chapter CXXX. Of the counsels given in the divine law
- 3.131 Chapter CXXXI. Concerning the error of those who condemn voluntary poverty
- 3.132 Chapter CXXXII. Of the ways of life followed by those who embrace voluntary poverty
- 3.133 Chapter CXXXIII. How poverty is good
- 3.134 Chapter CXXXIV. Solution of the arguments given above against poverty
- 3.135 Chapter CXXXV. Solution of the objections urged against the various ways of life followed by those who embrace voluntary poverty
- 3.136 Chapter CXXXVI and CXXXVII. Concerning the error of those who condemn perpetual continence
- 3.138 Chapter CXXXVIII. Against those who condemn vows
- 3.139 Chapter CXXXIX. That neither merits nor sins are equal
- 3.140 Chapter CXL. That man’s actions are punished or rewarded by God
- 3.141 Chapter CXLI. Of the difference and order of punishments
- 3.142 Chapter CXLII. That punishments and rewards are not all equal
- 3.143 Chapter CXLIII. Of the punishment due to mortal and venial sin in relation to the last end
- 3.144 Chapter CXLIV. That by mortal sin man forfeits his last end for eternity
- 3.145 Chapter CXLV. That sins are punished also by the sinner being subjected to some kind of pain
- 3.146 Chapter CXLVI. That it is lawful for judges to inflict punishments
- 3.147 Chapter CXLVII. That man needs the divine assistance in order to obtain beatitude
- 3.148 Chapter CXLVIII. That the assistance of divine grace does not compel man to virtue
- 3.149 Chapter CXLIX. That man is unable to merit the divine assistance
- 3.150 Chapter CL. That this same assistance is called grace; and what is meant by sanctifying grace
- 3.151 Chapter CLI. That sanctifying grace causes in us the love of God
- 3.152 Chapter CLII. That grace causes faith in us
- 3.153 Chapter CLIII. That divine grace causes hope in us
- 3.154 Chapter CLIV. Of the gifts of gratuitous grace: wherein it is treated of the divinations of demons
- 3.155 Chapter CLV. That man needs the divine aid in order to persevere in good
- 3.156 Chapter CLVI. That he who falls away from grace by sin, can recover again by means of grace
- 3.157 Chapter CLVII. That man cannot be freed from sin save by grace
- 3.158 Chapter CLVIII. How man is freed from sin
- 3.159 Chapter CLIX. That, although man cannot be converted to God without God’s grace, yet it is reasonably im- puted to him, if he be not converted
- 3.160 Chapter CLX. That a man who is in sin cannot avoid sin without grace
- 3.161 Chapter CLXI. That God delivers some from sin, and leaves some in sin
- 3.162 Chapter CLXII. That God is not the cause of any man sinning
- 3.163 Chapter CLXIII. Of predestination, reprobation, and the divine election