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Summa Theologica - 08 Pars Prima Secundae, Treatise on Habits, Virtues and Vices

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Summa Theologica - 08 Pars Prima Secundae, Treatise on Habits, Virtues and Vices

by Saint Thomas Aquinas

English· 24:19:50· 43 chapters
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274) although it was never finished. It was intended as a manual for beginners and a compilation of all of the main theological teachings of that time. It summarizes the reasoning for almost all points of Christian theology in the West, which, before the Protestant Reformation, subsisted solely in the Roman Catholic Church. The Summa's topics follow a cycle: the existence of God, God's creation, Man, Man's purpose, Christ, the Sacraments, and back to God. (Summary adapted from the Wikipedia)



This selection of the Summa Theologica covers questions 49-89 of the Prima Secundae ("First-half of the Second Part"), a Treatise on the Habits, Virtues and Vices: the habits in general (questions 49-54), and in particular (questions 55-89), whether expressed as virtues (55-70) or as vices (71-89).
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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Question 49 - OF HABITS IN GENERAL, AS TO THEIR SUBSTANCE (In Four Articles)

    34:31
  2. Chapter 2

    Question 50 - OF THE SUBJECT OF HABITS (In Six Articles)

    42:45
  3. Chapter 3

    Question 51 - OF THE CAUSE OF HABITS, AS TO THEIR FORMATION (In Four Articles)

    25:53
  4. Chapter 4

    Question 52 - OF THE INCREASE OF HABITS (In Three Articles)

    27:44
  5. Chapter 5

    Question 53 - HOW HABITS ARE CORRUPTED OR DIMINISHED (In Three Articles)

    21:42
  6. Chapter 6

    Question 54 - OF THE DISTINCTION OF HABITS (In Four Articles)

    24:40
  7. Chapter 7

    Question 55 - OF THE VIRTUES, AS TO THEIR ESSENCE (In Four Articles)

    28:36
  8. Chapter 8

    Question 56 - OF THE SUBJECT OF VIRTUE (In Six Articles)

    38:10
  9. Chapter 9

    Question 57 - OF THE INTELLECTUAL VIRTUES (In Six Articles)

    43:23
  10. Chapter 10

    Question 58 - OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL VIRTUES (In Five Articles)

    33:23
  11. Chapter 11

    Question 59 - OF MORAL VIRTUE IN RELATION TO THE PASSIONS (In Five Articles)

    29:21
  12. Chapter 12

    Question 60 - HOW THE MORAL VIRTUES DIFFER FROM ONE ANOTHER (In Five Articles)

    36:09
  13. Chapter 13

    Question 61 - OF THE CARDINAL VIRTUES (In Five Articles)

    33:59
  14. Chapter 14

    Question 62 - OF THE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES (In Four Articles)

    22:50
  15. Chapter 15

    Question 63 - OF THE CAUSE OF VIRTUES (In Four Articles)

    25:16
  16. Chapter 16

    Question 64 - OF THE MEAN OF VIRTUE (In Four Articles)

    24:36
  17. Chapter 17

    Question 65 - OF THE CONNECTION OF VIRTUES (In Five Articles)

    36:13
  18. Chapter 18

    Question 66 - OF EQUALITY AMONG THE VIRTUES (In Six Articles)

    43:50
  19. Chapter 19

    Question 67 - OF THE DURATION OF VIRTUES AFTER THIS LIFE (In Six Articles)

    42:41
  20. Chapter 20

    Question 68 - OF THE GIFTS (In Eight Articles)

    1:03:31
  21. Chapter 21

    Question 69 - OF THE BEATITUDES (In Four Articles)

    35:25
  22. Chapter 22

    Question 70 - OF THE FRUITS OF THE HOLY GHOST (In Four Articles)

    27:35
  23. Chapter 23

    Question 71 - OF VICE AND SIN CONSIDERED IN THEMSELVES (In Six Articles)

    41:16
  24. Chapter 24

    Question 72 - OF THE DISTINCTION OF SINS (In Nine Articles)

    57:54
  25. Chapter 25

    Question 73 - OF THE COMPARISON OF ONE SIN WITH ANOTHER (In Ten Articles), part 1

    31:11
  26. Chapter 26

    Question 73 - OF THE COMPARISON OF ONE SIN WITH ANOTHER (In Ten Articles), part 2

    33:44
  27. Chapter 27

    Question 74 - OF THE SUBJECT OF SIN (In Ten Articles), part 1

    31:25
  28. Chapter 28

    Question 74 - OF THE SUBJECT OF SIN (In Ten Articles), part 2

    33:03
  29. Chapter 29

    Question 75 - OF THE CAUSES OF SIN, IN GENERAL (In Four Articles)

    24:14
  30. Chapter 30

    Question 76 - OF THE CAUSES OF SIN, IN PARTICULAR (In Four Articles)

    28:36
  31. Chapter 31

    Question 77 - OF THE CAUSE OF SIN, ON THE PART OF THE SENSITIVE APPETITE (In Eight Articles)

    51:29
  32. Chapter 32

    Question 78 - OF THAT CAUSE OF SIN WHICH IS MALICE (In Four Articles)

    27:07
  33. Chapter 33

    Question 79 - OF THE EXTERNAL CAUSES OF SIN (In Four Articles)

    25:56
  34. Chapter 34

    Question 80 - OF THE CAUSE OF SIN, AS REGARDS THE DEVIL (In Four Articles)

    24:40
  35. Chapter 35

    Question 81 - OF THE CAUSE OF SIN, ON THE PART OF MAN (In Five Articles)

    36:53
  36. Chapter 36

    Question 82 - OF ORIGINAL SIN, AS TO ITS ESSENCE (In Four Articles)

    24:13
  37. Chapter 37

    Question 83 - OF THE SUBJECT OF ORIGINAL SIN (In Four Articles)

    25:56
  38. Chapter 38

    Question 84 - OF THE CAUSE OF SIN, IN RESPECT OF ONE SIN BEING THE CAUSE OF ANOTHER (In Four Articles)

    28:59
  39. Chapter 39

    Question 85 - OF THE EFFECTS OF SIN, AND FIRST, OF THE CORRUPTION OF THE GOOD OF NATURE (In Six Articles)

    41:16
  40. Chapter 40

    Question 86 - OF THE STAIN OF SIN (In Two Articles)

    11:06
  41. Chapter 41

    Question 87 - OF THE DEBT OF PUNISHMENT (In Eight Articles)

    53:45
  42. Chapter 42

    Question 88 - OF VENIAL AND MORTAL SIN (In Six Articles)

    45:33
  43. Chapter 43

    Question 89 - OF VENIAL SIN IN ITSELF (In Six Articles)

    39:21