The moral part of the Summa (the Prima Secundae and Secunda Secundae) in Rickaby's abridged translation: happiness, virtue, law, grace, and the virtues one by one.
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From the opening: A Vow Whereby Something Is Promised to God
Does a vow consist in a mere purpose of the will? Must a vow always be of the better good? Is it expedient to make any vow? .
Is it more praiseworthy and meritorious to do a thing
by vow than without a vow? . ,
Are those debarred from vowing who are subject to
another’s control? . ° Does a vow admit of dteneadalloa?:
Is the authority of a prelate requisite for the Seine:
tion or dispensation of a vow?. . QUESTION LXXXIX.
OF OATRS, Is swearing 8 calling on God to witness? st. Is it lawful to swear? ry * e
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Art. 3. Are these three duly enumerated accompaniments of an or oath—justice, judgment, and truth? , 149 Art. 5. Is swearing something desirable and frequently to be practised, as a thing useful and good? 150 Art. 8, Is the obligation of an oath greater than that of a ow? 153 Art. 9. Has any one any power to dispense from oaths? « 353
Question XCIL of the Taking of the Divine Name to Invoke It in Prayer or Praise
Art. 1. Is God to be praised by word of mouth? - 4156 Art. 2. Ought singing to be employed in the divine praises? . 157
Question XCII. of Vices Opposed to Religion, and First of Superstition
Art. 1. Is superstition a vice opposed to religion? . - 158
Question Xchi
Of the Species of Superstition, and First of Superstition by Undue Worship of the True God
Art. 1. Can there be anything pernicious in the worship of the
true God? . 160 Art. 2, Can there be anything superfaou in the worship of the tne God? : 160
QUESTION XCIV. OF IDOLATRY. Art. 1. Is idolatry rightly set down as a species of…
Art. 2. Is idolatry asin? : 164 Art. 3. (p. iii. q. 2§.) Is the image of Christ to be adored with the adoration of /atria f; ; « 95
QUESTION XCV. OF THE SUPERSTITION OF DIVINATION. Is divination a sin? : . 168 Is divination by invocation of evil spirits lawful? . 270 Is divination by lot unlawful? ; ; - 170
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Question XCVI. of Superstitious Observances
Are those observances unlawful, that are directed to produce changes in animal bodies, health, and the like effects? 3
Is it unlawful to ee omens of good or bad luck? .
QUESTION XCVI. OF TEMPTING GOD. Does tempting God consist in certain proceedings, in which an effect is looked for that is possible to divine power alone? . . ;
QUESTION XCVIII. OF PERJURY. Is all perjury a sin? Is all perjury a mortal sin? QUESTION XCIX. OF SACRILEGE, Is sacrilege the violation of a sacred thing? .
Is sacrilege a special sin? Are the species of sacrilege distinguished acme to the distinction of sacred things? : : QUESTION C. OF SIMONY.
Is simony a will of deliberate choice to buy or sell something spiritual, or annexed to what is spiritual? Is it always unlawful to give money for the sacraments? Is it lawful to take money for what is…
Contents (454 sections)
- Opening
- Title page
- Question I
- Of Sins against Justice on the Part of the Accused
- Of Injurious Language Out of Court, and First of Contumely
- Of the Integral Parts of Justice, Which Are to Do Good
- A Vow Whereby Something Is Promised to God
- Question Cxlinx. of Sobriety
- Of Modesty, or Decorum, in the Outward Movements of
- Of the Things in Which the Religious State Properly
- Article XII — Is prudence in subjects or only tn supertors?
- Article XII — Is prudence in subjects or only tn supertors? (continued)
- Article XIII — Can there be any prudence in those who live tn sin?
- Article XIII — Can there be any prudence in those who live tn sin? (continued)
- Article XIV
- Article I — Are there three assignable parts of prudence?
- Article II — Is the prudence of the flesh a sin?
- Article VI
- Article VII — Ought one to be solicitous about the future?
- Article I — TIs right the object of justice?
- Article II
- Article IV — Is paternal right to be placed tn a special category?
- Article I — Is justsce aptly defined to be a standing and abiding will to give every one…
- Article II — Is justice always to another?
- Article IV — Is the will the subject of justice?
- Article V — lIs justice a general virtue?
- Article VI — Is justice, snasmuch as tt 1s a general virtue, essentially identical with…
- Article VII — Bestdes general, is there any particular justice?
- Article VIII — Has particular justice any special subject-matter?
- Article IX
- Article XI — lIs st the act of justice to render to every man his own?
- Contents
- Article I — IJs judgment unlawful when it proceeds upon suspicion?
- Article IV — Is a favourable construction to be put on dubtous proceedings?
- Article VI — Does usurpation make judgment void?
- Article I — Is it proper to assign two species of justice, commutative and distributive?
- Article II — Is the mean taken in the same way in disirtbutive as in commutative justice?
- Article III — Is the matter of each of these two species of justice the same?
- Article I — Is restitution an act of commutative justice?
- Article III — Is it enough to restore the simple amount that has been unjustly taken away?
- Article IV — Is any one bound to restore what he has not taken away?
- Article V — Is restitution always to be made to the person from whont the thing was taken?
- Article VI — Is he always bound to restitution, who has taken the thing?
- Article VII — Are they bound to restitution, who have not taken the thing?
- Article I — Is the respecting of persons a sin?
- Article II — Is there room for the respecting of persons in the despensation of…
- Article III — Has the sen of respecting of persons any place in the showing of honour and…
- Article I — Is the kelling of living creatures in all cases an unlawful act?
- Article II — Is tt lawful to slay sinners?
- Article III — Is tt lawful for a private person to slay a sinner?
- Article V — Is it lawful for any man to hill himself? R. To kill oneself is altogether…
- Article VI — Is there any case in which tt ts lawful to ksil an innocent man?
- Article VI — Is there any case in which tt ts lawful to ksil an innocent man? (continued)
- Article VII — Is it lawful to slay @ man in selfdefence?
- Article VII — Is it lawful to slay @ man in selfdefence? (continued)
- Article VIII
- Article I — Can mutilation in any case be lawful?
- Article II — Is it lawful for fathers to flog thetr sons?
- Article III — Is it lawful to put a man in prison?
- Article I — Is the possession of exterior things natural to man?
- Article III — Does the essence of theft consist in the secret taking of the property of…
- Article V
- Article VI — lIs theft a mortal sin?
- Article VII — Is tt lawful to steal on the plea of necessity?
- Article VII — Is tt lawful to steal on the plea of necessity? (continued)
- Contents
- Article I — Can tt be just to stt in judgment on one who ts not a subject of the court?
- Article III — Can a judge condemn where there 1s no accuser?
- Article IV — Can a judge lawfully remit the penalty?
- Article I — Is accusation a duty?
- Article I — Is accusation a duty? (continued)
- Article II
- Article II (continued)
- Article I — IJs an accused party guiltless of mortal sin, in denying the truth that would…
- Article II — Is 1 lawful for an accused party to set up a fraudulent defence?
- Article III — Z/s tt lawful to escape sentence by an appeal?
- Article IV — Is it lawful for a condemned criminal to take what steps he can 1n the way of…
- Article I — Is tt a duty to give evidence?
- Article II
- Article IV
- Article I — Is counsel bound to take up the case of poor clients 7
- Article III — Does a lawyer sin by defending an unjust cause?
- Article IV — Is it lawful for a lawyer to take money for his pleading ??
- Article I — Does contumely consist tn words?
- Article II — IJs contumely a mortal sin?
- Article III — Ought a man to bear the contumeltes put upon him?
- Article III — Ought a man to bear the contumeltes put upon him? (continued)
- Article I — Is detraction a mortal sin?
- Article IV — Does the listener sin grievously who endures a detractor?
- Article I — Is mtschief-making a distinct sin from detraction?
- Article II — Is tt lawful to curse any one?
- Article III — Js cursing a mortal sin?
- ARTICLE .—May one lawfully sell a thing for more than it 1s worth?
- Article I — IJs a sale rendered unlawful by a defect in the thing sold?
- Article I — IJs a sale rendered unlawful by a defect in the thing sold? (continued)
- Article III — ~Js the seller bound to mention any flaw there ts in the thing sold?
- Article III — ~Js the seller bound to mention any flaw there ts in the thing sold? (continued)
- Article IV — Is tt lawful 12 trade to sell an article at more than cost price 7
- Article IV — Is tt lawful 12 trade to sell an article at more than cost price 7 (continued)
- Article I — TIs it @ stn to take usury for the lending of money?
- Article II — Is it lawful to ask a consideration of another kind in return for a loan of…
- Article II — Is it lawful to ask a consideration of another kind in return for a loan of… (continued)
- Article IV — Is «t lawful to borrow money at usury?
- Article I — Are turning away from evil, and doing good, parts of justice?
- Article I — Are turning away from evil, and doing good, parts of justice? (continued)
- Article II
- Article II (continued)
- Article IV — IJs the sin of omisston graver than the sin of transgression?
- Article I — Is the list of virtues annexed to justice duly made out?
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- Article II
- Article II (continued)
- Article IV — Is religion a sfectal virtue distinct from others?
- Article V — TIs religion a theological virtue?
- Article VII — Does religion involve any external act?
- Article VIII — Is religion the same as holiness?
- Article VIII — Is religion the same as holiness? (continued)
- Article I — Is devotion a special act?
- Article II — TIs devotion an act of religion?
- Article III — TIJs contemplation, or meditation, a cause of devotion?
- Contents
- Contents (continued)
- Article II — Is tt proper to pray?
- Article II — Is tt proper to pray? (continued)
- Article V — Should we in prayer ask anything definite of God?
- Article V — Should we in prayer ask anything definite of God? (continued)
- ARTICLE VITI.—Ought we to pray for our enemtes %
- ARTICLE VITI.—Ought we to pray for our enemtes % (continued)
- Article VI — Should a prayer be vocal?
- Article VI — Should a prayer be vocal? (continued)
- Article VII — Is it a@ necessary condition of prayer that it should be attentive?
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- Contents (continued)
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- Article VIII — Do the prayers of sinners obtain anything of God?
- Article I
- Article I (continued)
- Article II — Does worship suppose any bodily act?
- Article II — Does worship suppose any bodily act? (continued)
- Article I — Is 4 of the law of nature to offer sacrifice to God?
- Article II — Ought sacrifice to be offered to God’ alone?
- Article III — Is the offering of sacrifice a special act of virtue?
- Article IV — Are all persons bound to offer sacrifices?
- Article I
- Article I (continued)
- Article II — Are offerings due only to priests?
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- Article III — Must a vow always be of the better good?
- Article III — Must a vow always be of the better good? (continued)
- Article IV — Is tt expedient to make any vow?
- Article VI — Is it more pratseworthy and merttorious to do a thing by vow than without a…
- Article VIII — Are those debarred from vowing who are subject to another's control?
- Article X — Does a vow admit of dispensation?
- Article X — Does a vow admit of dispensation? (continued)
- Article XII — Is the authority of a Prelate requisite Jor the commutation or dispensation…
- Article XII — Is the authority of a Prelate requisite Jor the commutation or dispensation… (continued)
- Article I — Is swearing a calling on God to wrtness?
- Article I — Is swearing a calling on God to wrtness? (continued)
- Article II — Is it lawful to swear?
- Article III — Are these three duly enumerated accompaniments of an oath,—yjustice…
- Article V — Is swearing something destrable and frequently to be practised, as a thing…
- Article V — Is swearing something destrable and frequently to be practised, as a thing… (continued)
- Article VIII — Is the obligation of an oath greater than that of a vow?
- Contents
- Contents (continued)
- Contents (continued)
- Article I — Is God to be praised by word of mouth?
- Article II
- Article I — Is superstition a vice opposed to religton?
- Article II — Can there be anything pernictous tn the worship of the true God?
- Article III — Cam there be anything superfluous in the worshtp of the true God?
- Article I — Is idolatry rightly set down as a species of superstition?
- Article II
- Article I — Is divination a sin?
- Article IV
- Article VIII
- Article VIII (continued)
- Article III — Is tt unlawful to observe omens of good or bad luck?
- Article IV — § 3. As for the wearing of relics upon the person, if they are worn from a…
- Article II — Is all perjury a sin?
- Article II — Is all perjury a sin? (continued)
- Article III — Is all perjury a mortal sin?
- Contents
- Article II
- Article III — Are the spectes of sacrilege distinguished according to the distinction of…
- Article II — Is tt always unlawful to give money for the sacraments?
- Article III
- Article V — Is it lawful to take money for what ts annexed to spirstualities?
- Article I — Are there certain definite persons who come within the range of natural…
- Article II — Does natural affection find sustenance for parents?
- Article III — Is natural affection a spectal virtue distinct from others?
- Article IV — Is religion an occaston for laying aside the offices of natural affection to…
- Article II
- Article III — Is obedience the greatest of virtues?
- Article IV
- Article V — Are subjects bound to obey their superiors in all things?
- Article VI — Are Christians bound to obey civil authority?
- Article I — Js the tnnocent more bound to render thanks to God than the penitent?
- Article IV — Ought a benefit received to be requited on the spot?
- Article VI — Ought the return of kindness to exceed the kindness recetucd 7
- Article II — lIs ingratitude a special sin?
- Article IV — Are kindnesses to be withdrawn from the ungrateful?
- Article I — Is vengeance lawful?
- Article II — Is vengeance a special virtue?
- Article III — Ought vengeance to be taken by means of the puntshinents customary amongst…
- Article IV — I/s vengeance to be exercised on those who have sinned involuntarily ??
- Article I
- Article II — Is truthfulness a special virtue?
- Article II — Is truthfulness a special virtue? (continued)
- Article I — Is lying always opposed to truthfulness ?
- Article III — TZs every lie a stn?
- Article IV — Is every lie a mortal sin?
- Article I
- Article II — Is hypocrisy the same as stmulation?
- ARTICLE, IV.—Is hypocrisy always a mortal sin?
- Article I
- Article II
- Article II (continued)
- Article II (continued)
- Article III — ~/s flattery a mortal sin?
- Article II — Is the spirtt of contradiction a more: grievous sin than flattery?
- Article II — Is the spirtt of contradiction a more: grievous sin than flattery? (continued)
- Article IV
- Article V — TIs liberality a part of justice?
- Article I — Is covetousness a sin?
- Article I — Is covetousness a sin? (continued)
- Article IV — Is covetousness alu'ays a mortal sin?
- Article IV — Is covetousness alu'ays a mortal sin? (continued)
- Article V — Is covetousness the greatest of sins?
- Article VII — Is covetousness a capital sin?
- Article I
- Article II — Is prodigality a stn?
- Article III — Is prodigality a more grievous sin than covetousness?
- Article I — ~-Is equity a virtue?
- Article II
- Article I — Is fortitude a virtue?
- Article II — Is fortitude a special virtue?
- Article III — Js fortitude about fears and ventures?
- Article IV — Is fortitude about dangers of death only?
- Article V — Is fortitude properly conversant with the dangers of death that occur in war?
- Article VI — Is endurance the principal act of fortitude?
- Article VI — Is endurance the principal act of fortitude? (continued)
- Article VIII — Does the man of fortitude find pleasure in the exercise of tt?
- Article X
- Article X (continued)
- Article III — Is martyrdom the act above all others of greatest perfection?
- Article IV
- Article I — Is fear a sin?
- Article II — Is insensibility to fear a sin?
- Article II — Is insensibility to fear a sin? (continued)
- Article III
- Article I — I/s fiery daring a sin?
- Article II — Are the parts of fortitude suitably enumerated?
- Article I — Does maguanumtty obtain in the matter of honours?
- Article II
- Article III
- Article IV
- Article IV (continued)
- Article VIII — Do the goods of fortune contribute to magnanimtty?
- Article I — Is presumption a sin?
- Article II — Is presumption opposed to magnantnuty by way of excess?
- Article I
- Article II
- Article I
- Article II
- Article III
- Article IV
- Article I
- Article I (continued)
- Article II
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- Contents (continued)
- Article I — Is petty economy a vice?
- Article I — Is petty economy a vice? (continued)
- Article II — Is patience a virtue?
- Article II — Is patience a virtue? (continued)
- Article III — Is pattence the chief of virtues?
- Article IV
- Article I — Is perseverance a virtue?
- Article I — Is perseverance a virtue? (continued)
- Article II — Is perseverance a part of fortitude?
- Article I
- Article II — Is temperance a special virtue?
- Article IV — TIs temperance confined to the matter of the destres and delights of touch?
- Article VI
- Article VII — Is temperance a cardinal virtue?
- Article I
- Article II — Js intemperance a childish stn?
- Article III — IJs cowardice a greater vice than intemperance?
- Article IV — Is the vice of intemperance espectally shameful?
- Article I — Does Tully sustably assign as the parts of temperance, continence, clemency…
- Article III — Does propriety differ from utility and pleasurableness?
- Article I — Is abstinence @ virtue?
- Article II
- Article I — Is fasting an act of virtue?
- Article I — Is fasting an act of virtue? (continued)
- Article III
- Article IV — Are all bound to observe the fasts of the Church?
- Article IV — Are all bound to observe the fasts of the Church? (continued)
- Article IV — Are all bound to observe the fasts of the Church? (continued)
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- Article III — Is the use of wine altogether unlawful?
- Article IV — Is sobriety more requisite in greater personages?
- Article I — Is drunkenness a’ sin?
- Article II — Is drunkenness a mortal sin?
- Article III — Is drunkenness the most grievous of sins?
- Article IV — Does drunkenness excuse from sin?
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- Article II
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- Article III — Is virginity unlawful?
- Article IV
- Article V — Is virginity more excellent than marriage?
- Article VI — Is virginity the greatest of virtues?
- Article II — Can there be no sexual act without sin?
- Article III — I.—Can the luxury that ts about sexual acts be a sin?
- Article IV
- Article I — Is simple fornication a mortal sin?
- Article III
- Article IV — Do touches and ktsses amount to a mortal sin?
- Article V — Is nocturnal pollution a sin?
- Article VIII — Is adultery a determinate spectes of luxury distinct from the rest?
- Article XII — Is unnatural vice the greatest sin of all the spectes of luxury?
- Article I — Is continence a virtue?
- Article III — Is the concupiscible faculty the subject of continence?
- Article IV — Is continence better than temperance?
- Article I — Does incontinence belong to the soub or to the body?
- Article II — Does the incontinent man sin more than the intemperate ?
- Article II — Does the incontinent man sin more than the intemperate ? (continued)
- Article IV — Is the man who is incontinent of anger, worse than him who is incontinent of…
- Article I — Are clemency and meekness quite the same thing?
- Article I — Are clemency and meekness quite the same thing? (continued)
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- Article IV — Are clemency and meekness virtues of the first rank?
- Article I — Is tt lawful to get angry?
- Article II
- Article IV — Is anger a very grievous sin?
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- Article VIII — Is there any vice, the oppostte of trascibility, arising from lack of anger?
- Article I
- Article II — Does cruelty differ from savagery, or brutality?
- Article I
- Article I (continued)
- Article II — Is humility concerned with the appeditive faculty?
- Article III — Ought a man tn humiltty to take all men for his superiors?
- Article V — Is humility chiefest of virtues 7
- Article VI — Are the twelve degrees of humtlity duly marked in the scheme of Blessed…
- Article VI — Are the twelve degrees of humtlity duly marked in the scheme of Blessed… (continued)
- Article I — Is pride a special sin 7
- Article I — Is pride a special sin 7 (continued)
- Article III — Is the trasctble faculty the subject in which pride resides?
- Article IV
- Article VI — Is pride the most grievous of sins? R. There are two elements in sin: the…
- Article VII
- Article VIII — Should pride be set down for a capttal vice 7
- Article I — Is knowledge properly the matter of studtousness?
- Article II
- Article I — Can there be curtosity in the matter of intellectual knowledge?
- Article I — Can there be curtosity in the matter of intellectual knowledge? (continued)
- Article II — Has the vice of curtosity place in the matter of sensible knowledge?
- Article I — Is there any virtue in the outward movements of the body?
- Article I — Is there any virtue in the outward movements of the body? (continued)
- Article II — Can there be any wirtue tn games and sports?
- Article II — Can there be any wirtue tn games and sports? (continued)
- Article II — Can there be any wirtue tn games and sports? (continued)
- Article II — Can there be any wirtue tn games and sports? (continued)
- Article II — Can there be any wirtue tn games and sports? (continued)
- Article IV — Is there any sin tn being too Iittle disposed to sport and play?
- Article I — Can there be virtue and vice in matters of totlet?
- Article II — Is indulgence of the love of dress a mortal sin in women?
- Article I — TIs the active life better than the contemplatsve?
- Article I — TIs the active life better than the contemplatsve? (continued)
- Article III — Is the contemplative life hindered by the active life?
- Article IV
- Article I — Does state (status) essentially denote the condition of liberty or slavery ?
- Article I — Does state (status) essentially denote the condition of liberty or slavery ? (continued)
- Article II — Ought there to be in the Church a variety of offices or states?
- Article II — Ought there to be in the Church a variety of offices or states? (continued)
- Article II — Ought there to be in the Church a variety of offices or states? (continued)
- Article I — Is the perfection of Christian life to be looked for in charity especially?
- Article I — Is the perfection of Christian life to be looked for in charity especially? (continued)
- Article I — Is the perfection of Christian life to be looked for in charity especially? (continued)
- Article II — Does perfection consist in the precepts or in the counsels?
- Article II — Does perfection consist in the precepts or in the counsels? (continued)
- Article II — Does perfection consist in the precepts or in the counsels? (continued)
- Article IV — Is every one who ts perfect tn a state of perfection?
- Article V — Are religious and prelates in a state - of perfection?
- Article V — Are religious and prelates in a state - of perfection? (continued)
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