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title: "Summa Theologica, First Half"
author: "Thomas Aquinas"
translator: "Fathers of the English Dominican Province"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Medieval"
section: 957 of 1210
url: https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-first-half/957/
cite: "Thomas Aquinas, tr. Fathers of the English Dominican Province, Summa Theologica, First Half, section 957. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-first-half/957/"
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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.

## 957. II–II · Question 38: Of Contention (two Articles)

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[¶0] OF CONTENTION (TWO ARTICLES)

[¶1] We must now consider contention, in respect of which there are two points of inquiry:

[¶2] (1) Whether contention is a mortal sin?

[¶3] (2) Whether it is a daughter of vainglory?