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title: "Summa Theologica, First Half"
author: "Thomas Aquinas"
translator: "Fathers of the English Dominican Province"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Medieval"
section: 765 of 1210
url: https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-first-half/765/
cite: "Thomas Aquinas, tr. Fathers of the English Dominican Province, Summa Theologica, First Half, section 765. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-first-half/765/"
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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.

## 765. I–II · Question 105: Of the Reason for the Judicial Precepts (four Articles)

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[¶0] OF THE REASON FOR THE JUDICIAL PRECEPTS (FOUR ARTICLES)

[¶1] We must now consider the reason for the judicial precepts: under which head there are four points of inquiry:

[¶2] (1) Concerning the reason for the judicial precepts relating to the rulers;

[¶3] (2) Concerning the fellowship of one man with another;

[¶4] (3) Concerning matters relating to foreigners;

[¶5] (4) Concerning things relating to domestic matters.