Summa Theologiae: Volume 40, Superstition and Irreverence: 2a2ae. 92-100Cambridge University Press, 2006 M10 26 - 196 pages The Summa Theologiae ranks among the greatest documents of the Christian Church, and is a landmark of medieval western thought. It provides the framework for Catholic studies in systematic theology and for a classical Christian philosophy, and is regularly consulted by scholars of all faiths and none, across a range of academic disciplines. This paperback reissue of the classic Latin/English edition first published by the English Dominicans in the 1960s and 1970s, in the wake of the Second Vatican Council, has been undertaken in response to regular requests from readers and librarians around the world for the entire series of 61 volumes to be made available again. The original text is unchanged, except for the correction of a small number of typographical errors. |
Contents
SUPERSTITION | 3 |
IDOLATRY | 19 |
DIVINATION | 37 |
SUPERSTITIOUS OBSERVANCES | 87 |
Article 3 and opposed to the virtue of religion? | 95 |
71 | 96 |
PERJURY | 101 |
Article 3 and a serious sin? | 107 |
SACRILEGE | 115 |
81 | 117 |
Article 4 what is the penalty for sacrilege? | 123 |
Article 2 is it lawful to offer money for the sacraments? | 133 |
Article 4 or to receive money for matters connected with | 143 |
Article 6 concerning the punishment for simony | 151 |
Select Bibliography | 163 |
79 | 109 |
Common terms and phrases
actus aliis aliquid articulus Augustine Augustine says Augustinus dicit autem causa cultus dæmones dæmonum debet Deuteronomy dicitur enim dispensatione divinatio divine Ecclesiæ ejus ergo dicendum quod Ergo videtur quod experimentum facit false falsum future futurorum Glossa God's Gratian gravius habet hæc hoc quod homines hujusmodi ideo idolatry idololatria illicita illicitum ipso jure irreligion irreverence irreverentiam ita etiam juramento juramentum jurat latria licet licitum magis modo modum Moreover nihil nisi oath omne opponitur patet peccati pecuniam perjurium perjury pertinet pœna POINT:1 points of inquiry possunt potest Præterea primum ergo dicendum propter puta quæ quædam quam quandoque quantum quia quidem quis quod hoc religion RESPONSIO sacred sacrilege sacrilegium scilicet secundum dicendum quod Sic proceditur sicut simony sins sit peccatum sive solum species spiritual spiritualis sumere sunt super superstition supra dictum swears tamen tempting tentare Deum tentatio tertium dicendum quod things utrum vero verum virtue worship