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title: "Summa Theologica, First Half"
author: "Thomas Aquinas"
translator: "Fathers of the English Dominican Province"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Medieval"
section: 693 of 1210
url: https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-first-half/693/
cite: "Thomas Aquinas, tr. Fathers of the English Dominican Province, Summa Theologica, First Half, section 693. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-first-half/693/"
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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.

## 693. I–II · Question 85: Of the Effects of Sin, and, First, of the Corruption of the Good of  Nature (six Articles)

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[¶0] OF THE EFFECTS OF SIN, AND, FIRST, OF THE CORRUPTION OF THE GOOD OF NATURE (SIX ARTICLES)

[¶1] We must now consider the effects of sin; and (1) the corruption of the good of nature; (2) the stain on the soul; (3) the debt of punishment.

[¶2] Under the first head there are six points of inquiry:

[¶3] (1) Whether the good of nature is diminished by sin?

[¶4] (2) Whether it can be taken away altogether?

[¶5] (3) Of the four wounds, mentioned by Bede, with which human nature is stricken in consequence of sin.

[¶6] (4) Whether privation of mode, species and order is an effect of sin?

[¶7] (5) Whether death and other bodily defects are the result of sin?

[¶8] (6) Whether they are, in any way, natural to man?