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title: "Summa Theologica, First Half"
author: "Thomas Aquinas"
translator: "Fathers of the English Dominican Province"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Medieval"
section: 809 of 1210
url: https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-first-half/809/
cite: "Thomas Aquinas, tr. Fathers of the English Dominican Province, Summa Theologica, First Half, section 809. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-first-half/809/"
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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.

## 809. II–II · Question 1: Of Faith

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[¶0] OF FAITH (TEN ARTICLES)

[¶1] Having to treat now of the theological virtues, we shall begin with Faith, secondly we shall speak of Hope, and thirdly, of Charity.

[¶2] The treatise on Faith will be fourfold: (1) Of faith itself; (2) Of the corresponding gifts, knowledge and understanding; (3) Of the opposite vices; (4) Of the precepts pertaining to this virtue.

[¶3] About faith itself we shall consider: (1) its object; (2) its act; (3) the habit of faith.

[¶4] Under the first head there are ten points of inquiry:

[¶5] (1) Whether the object of faith is the First Truth?

[¶6] (2) Whether the object of faith is something complex or incomplex, i.e. whether it is a thing or a proposition?

[¶7] (3) Whether anything false can come under faith?

[¶8] (4) Whether the object of faith can be anything seen?

[¶9] (5) Whether it can be anything known?

[¶10] (6) Whether the things to be believed should be divided into a certain number of articles?

[¶11] (7) Whether the same articles are of faith for all times?

[¶12] (8) Of the number of articles;

[¶13] (9) Of the manner of embodying the articles in a symbol;

[¶14] (10) Who has the right to propose a symbol of faith?