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title: "Summa Theologica, Second Half"
author: "Thomas Aquinas"
translator: "Fathers of the English Dominican Province"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Medieval"
section: 88 of 935
url: https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-second-half/88/
cite: "Thomas Aquinas, tr. Fathers of the English Dominican Province, Summa Theologica, Second Half, section 88. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-second-half/88/"
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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.

## 88. II–II · Question 154: Of the Parts of Lust (twelve Articles)

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[¶0] OF THE PARTS OF LUST (TWELVE ARTICLES)

[¶1] We must now consider the parts of lust, under which head there are twelve points of inquiry:

[¶2] (1) Into what parts is lust divided?

[¶3] (2) Whether simple fornication is a mortal sin?

[¶4] (3) Whether it is the greatest of sins?

[¶5] (4) Whether there is mortal sin in touches, kisses and such like seduction?

[¶6] (5) Whether nocturnal pollution is a mortal sin?

[¶7] (6) Of seduction;

[¶8] (7) Of rape;

[¶9] (8) Of adultery;

[¶10] (9) Of incest;

[¶11] (10) Of sacrilege;

[¶12] (11) Of the sin against nature;

[¶13] (12) Of the order of gravity in the aforesaid sins.