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title: "Summa Theologica, First Half"
author: "Thomas Aquinas"
translator: "Fathers of the English Dominican Province"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Medieval"
section: 949 of 1210
url: https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-first-half/949/
cite: "Thomas Aquinas, tr. Fathers of the English Dominican Province, Summa Theologica, First Half, section 949. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-first-half/949/"
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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.

## 949. II–II · Question 35: Of Sloth (four Articles)

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[¶0] OF SLOTH (FOUR ARTICLES)

[¶1] We must now consider the vices opposed to the joy of charity. This joy is either about the Divine good, and then its contrary is sloth, or about our neighbor's good, and then its contrary is envy. Wherefore we must consider (1) Sloth and (2) Envy.

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

[¶3] (1) Whether sloth is a sin?

[¶4] (2) Whether it is a special vice?

[¶5] (3) Whether it is a mortal sin?

[¶6] (4) Whether it is a capital sin?