On prayer and the contemplative life
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- ON PRAYER AND THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE
- S. THOMAS AQUINAS
- VERY REV. HUGH POPE, O.P., S.T.M.
- AUTHOR OF "THE CATHOLIC STUDENT'S 'AIDS' TO THE BIBLE," ETC. WITH A PREFACE BY VERY REV. VINCENT McNABB, O.P., S.T.L.
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- FOOTNOTES:
- QUESTION LXXXI
- OF THE VIRTUE OF RELIGION
- I Does the Virtue of Religion direct a Man to God Alone?
- II Is Religion a Virtue?
- III Is Religion One Virtue?
- IV Is Religion a Special Virtue Distinct From Others?
- V Is Religion One of the Theological Virtues?
- VI Is Religion to be preferred to the Other Moral Virtues?
- VII Has Religion, That is Latria,[65] any External Acts?
- VIII Is Religion the Same as Sanctity?
- FOOTNOTES:
- QUESTION LXXXII
- OF DEVOTION
- I Is Devotion a Special Kind of Act?
- II Is Devotion an Act of the Virtue of Religion?
- III Is Contemplation, that is Meditation, the Cause of Devotion?
- IV Is Joy an Effect of Devotion?
- FOOTNOTES:
- QUESTION LXXXIII
- OF PRAYER
- I Is Prayer an Act of the Appetitive Powers?
- II Is It Fitting To Pray?
- III Is Prayer an Act of the Virtue of Religion?
- IV Ought We To Pray To God Alone?
- V Should We in our Prayers ask for Anything Definite from God?
- VI Ought We in our Prayers to ask for Temporal Things from God?
- VII Ought We To Pray for Others?
- VIII Ought We To Pray for Our Enemies?
- On the Seven Petitions of the lord's Prayer.
- Rhythm in Honour of the Blessed Sacrament, said to have been composed by S. Thomas on his Death-Bed.[188]
- X Is Prayer Peculiar to Rational Creatures?
- XI Do the Saints in Heaven Pray for Us?
- XII Should Prayer be Vocal?
- XIII Must Prayer necessarily be Attentive?
- XIV Should our Prayers be Long?
- XV Is Prayer Meritorious?
- XVI Do Sinners gain Anything From God by their Prayers?
- XVII Can We rightly term Supplications," "Prayers," "Intercessions," and "Thanksgivings," parts of Prayer?
- FOOTNOTES:
- FROM THE SUPPLEMENT TO THE SUMMA—QUESTION LXXII
- OF THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS WHO ARE IN HEAVEN
- I Are the Saints cognizant of our Prayers?
- II Ought we to appeal to the Saints to intercede for us?
- III Are the Saints' Prayers to God for us always heard?
- FOOTNOTES:
- QUESTION CLXXIX
- OF THE DIVISION OF LIFE INTO THE ACTIVE AND THE CONTEMPLATIVE
- I May Life be fittingly divided into the Active and the Contemplative?
- II Is this division of Life into the Active and the Contemplative a sufficient one?
- FOOTNOTES:
- QUESTION CLXXX
- OF THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE
- I Is the Contemplative Life wholly confined to the Intellect, or does the Will enter into it?
- II Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life?
- III Does the Contemplative Life comprise many Acts?
- IV Does the Contemplative Life consist solely in the Contemplation of God, or in the Consideration of other Truths as well?
- V Can the Contemplative Life attain, according to the State of this Present Life, to the Contemplation of the Divine Essence?
- VI Is the Act of Contemplation Rightly Distinguished According to the Three Kinds of Motion—Circular, Direct, and Oblique?
- VII Has Contemplation its Joys?
- VIII Is the Contemplative Life lasting?
- FOOTNOTES:
- QUESTION CLXXXI
- OF THE ACTIVE LIFE
- I Do all Acts of the Moral Virtues come under the Active Life?
- II Does Prudence pertain to the Active Life?
- III Does Teaching Belong to the Active or to the Contemplative Life?
- IV Does the Active Life continue after this Life?
- FOOTNOTES:
- QUESTION CLXXXII
- OF THE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE ACTIVE AND THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE
- I Is the Active Life preferable to the Contemplative?
- II Is the Active Life more Meritorious than the Contemplative?
- III Is the Active Life a Hindrance to the Contemplative Life?
- IV Does the Active Life precede the Contemplative?
- FOOTNOTES:
- QUESTION CLXXXVI
- ON THE RELIGIOUS STATE Are Contemplative Orders superior to Active Orders?
- FOOTNOTES:
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