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Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
Whether one may give alms out of ill-gotten goods? Objection 1: It would seem that one may give alms out of ill-gotten goods. For it is written (Lk. 16:9): "Make unto you friends of the mammon of iniquity." Now mammon signifies riches.
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
Whether man without grace can avoid sin? Objection 1: It would seem that without grace man can avoid sin. Because "no one sins in what he cannot avoid," as Augustine says (De Duab.
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
Whether life is properly attributed to God? Objection 1: It seems that life is not properly attributed to God. For things are said to live inasmuch as they move themselves, as previously stated (A[2]).…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
Whether it is necessary that every being be created by God? Objection 1: It would seem that it is not necessary that every being be created by God.…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
Whether there be one supreme evil which is the cause of every evil? Objection 1: It would seem that there is one supreme evil which is the cause of every evil.…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
Whether the soul knows bodies through the intellect? Objection 1: It would seem that the soul does not know bodies through the intellect. For Augustine says (Soliloq.
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
Whether the mode of virtue falls under the precept of the law? Objection 1: It would seem that the mode of virtue falls under the precept of the law.…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
Whether the knowledge of God is the cause of things? Objection 1: It seems that the knowledge of God is not the cause of things. For Origen says, on Rom. 8:30, "Whom He called,…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
Whether it belongs to God alone to create? Objection 1: It would seem that it does not belong to God alone to create, because,…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
Whether there are waters above the firmament? Objection 1: It would seem that there are not waters above the firmament. For water is heavy by nature, and heavy things tend naturally downwards,…