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title: "Summa Theologica, First Half"
author: "Thomas Aquinas"
translator: "Fathers of the English Dominican Province"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Medieval"
section: 579 of 1210
url: https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-first-half/579/
cite: "Thomas Aquinas, tr. Fathers of the English Dominican Province, Summa Theologica, First Half, section 579. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-first-half/579/"
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# Summa Theologica, First Half

*Thomas Aquinas, tr. Fathers of the English Dominican Province*

God and creation, human action, law and grace, then faith, hope, charity and justice.

## 579. I–II · Question 52: Of the Increase of Habits (three Articles)

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[¶0] OF THE INCREASE OF HABITS (THREE ARTICLES)

[¶1] We have now to consider the increase of habits; under which head there are three points of inquiry:

[¶2] (1) Whether habits increase?

[¶3] (2) Whether they increase by addition?

[¶4] (3) Whether each act increases the habit?