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title: "Summa Theologica, Second Half"
author: "Thomas Aquinas"
translator: "Fathers of the English Dominican Province"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Medieval"
section: 811 of 935
url: https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-second-half/811/
cite: "Thomas Aquinas, tr. Fathers of the English Dominican Province, Summa Theologica, Second Half, section 811. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-second-half/811/"
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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.

## 811. Supp. · Question 70: Of the Quality of the Soul After Leaving the Body, and of the Punishment  Inflicted on It by Material Fire (three Articles)

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[¶0] OF THE QUALITY OF THE SOUL AFTER LEAVING THE BODY, AND OF THE PUNISHMENT INFLICTED ON IT BY MATERIAL FIRE (THREE ARTICLES)

[¶1] We must next consider the general quality of the soul after leaving the body, and the punishment inflicted on it by material fire. Under this head there are three points of inquiry:

[¶2] (1) Whether the sensitive powers remain in the separated soul?

[¶3] (2) Whether the acts of the aforesaid powers remain in the soul?

[¶4] (3) Whether the separated soul can suffer from a material fire?