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title: "Summa Theologica, Second Half"
author: "Thomas Aquinas"
translator: "Fathers of the English Dominican Province"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Medieval"
section: 143 of 935
url: https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-second-half/143/
cite: "Thomas Aquinas, tr. Fathers of the English Dominican Province, Summa Theologica, Second Half, section 143. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-second-half/143/"
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# Summa Theologica, Second Half

*Thomas Aquinas, tr. Fathers of the English Dominican Province*

Courage and temperance, the states of life, then Christ, the sacraments and the last things.

## 143. II–II · Question 172: Of the Cause of Prophecy (six Articles)

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[¶0] OF THE CAUSE OF PROPHECY (SIX ARTICLES)

[¶1] We must now consider the cause of prophecy. Under this head there are six points of inquiry:

[¶2] (1) Whether prophecy is natural?

[¶3] (2) Whether it is from God by means of the angels?

[¶4] (3) Whether a natural disposition is requisite for prophecy?

[¶5] (4) Whether a good life is requisite?

[¶6] (5) Whether any prophecy is from the demons?

[¶7] (6) Whether prophets of the demons ever tell what is true?