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Western Christendom

The Latin West — scripture, the Church Fathers, monastic learning, and the scholastic synthesis of medieval Christendom.

Faith

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In Thomas Aquinas’s theology, faith is a theological virtue: an act of the intellect assenting to divine truth at the command of a will moved by grace — firmer than opinion, yet concerned with things unseen.

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Hope

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In Aquinas’s theology, hope is the second theological virtue: a movement of the will, raised by grace, that reaches toward eternal happiness as a future good — arduous, but possible to attain with God’s help.

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Charity

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Charity is the third and greatest theological virtue: for Aquinas it is friendship with God — a love, poured in by grace, by which we love God for his own sake and our neighbour in him. It is “the form of the virtues.”

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Ia Q.1 · The Nature and Extent of Sacred Doctrine

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Summa Theologica, Prima Pars, Question 1 — The Nature and Extent of Sacred Doctrine (10 Articles).

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Ia Q.2 · The Existence of God

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Summa Theologica, Prima Pars, Question 2 — The Existence of God (3 Articles).

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Ia Q.3 · Of the Simplicity of God

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Summa Theologica, Prima Pars, Question 3 — Of the Simplicity of God (8 Articles).

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Ia Q.4 · The Perfection of God

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Summa Theologica, Prima Pars, Question 4 — The Perfection of God (3 Articles).

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Ia Q.5 · Of Goodness in General

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Summa Theologica, Prima Pars, Question 5 — Of Goodness in General (6 Articles).

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Ia Q.6 · The Goodness of God

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Summa Theologica, Prima Pars, Question 6 — The Goodness of God (4 Articles).

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Ia Q.7 · The Infinity of God

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Summa Theologica, Prima Pars, Question 7 — The Infinity of God (4 Articles).

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Ia Q.8 · The Existence of God in Things

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Summa Theologica, Prima Pars, Question 8 — The Existence of God in Things (4 Articles).

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Ia Q.9 · The Immutability of God

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Summa Theologica, Prima Pars, Question 9 — The Immutability of God (2 Articles).

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Ia Q.10 · The Eternity of God

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Summa Theologica, Prima Pars, Question 10 — The Eternity of God (6 Articles).

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Ia Q.11 · The Unity of God

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Summa Theologica, Prima Pars, Question 11 — The Unity of God (4 Articles).

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Ia Q.12 · How God Is Known by Us

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Summa Theologica, Prima Pars, Question 12 — How God Is Known by Us (13 Articles).

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Ia Q.13 · The Names of God

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Summa Theologica, Prima Pars, Question 13 — The Names of God (12 Articles).

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Ia Q.14 · Of God's Knowledge

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Summa Theologica, Prima Pars, Question 14 — Of God's Knowledge (16 Articles).

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Ia Q.15 · Of Ideas

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Summa Theologica, Prima Pars, Question 15 — Of Ideas (3 Articles).

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Ia Q.16 · Of Truth

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Summa Theologica, Prima Pars, Question 16 — Of Truth (8 Articles).

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Ia Q.17 · Concerning Falsity

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Summa Theologica, Prima Pars, Question 17 — Concerning Falsity (4 Articles).

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