SCRIPTURA

Thomas Aquinas · Summa Theologica, First Half · 857 of 1210

II–II · Question 14: Of Blasphemy Against the Holy Ghost (four Articles)

Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province

OF BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST (FOUR ARTICLES)

We must now consider in particular blasphemy against the Holy Ghost: under which head there are four points of inquiry:

(1) Whether blasphemy or the sin against the Holy Ghost is the same as the sin committed through certain malice?

(2) Of the species of this sin;

(3) Whether it can be forgiven?

(4) Whether it is possible to begin by sinning against the Holy Ghost before committing other sins?