First Part

13th Century

by Thomas Aquinas

The opening part of the Summa: sacred doctrine, the one God, the Trinity, creation, the angels, and humanity.

Q1. The Nature and Extent of Sacred DoctrineQ2. The Existence of GodQ3. Of the Simplicity of GodQ4. The Perfection of GodQ5. Of Goodness in GeneralQ6. The Goodness of GodQ7. The Infinity of GodQ8. The Existence of God in ThingsQ9. The Immutability of GodQ10. The Eternity of GodQ11. The Unity of GodQ12. How God Is Known by Us (thirteen Articles)Q13. The Names of God (twelve Articles)Q14. Of God’s Knowledge (sixteen Articles)Q15. Of IdeasQ16. Of TruthQ17. Concerning FalsityQ18. The Life of GodQ19. The Will of God (twelve Articles)Q20. God's LoveQ21. The Justice and Mercy of GodQ22. The Providence of GodQ23. Of PredestinationQ24. The Book of LifeQ25. The Power of GodQ26. Of the Divine BeatitudeQ27. The Procession of the Divine PersonsQ28. The Divine RelationsQ29. The Divine PersonsQ30. The Plurality of Persons in GodQ31. Of What Belongs to the Unity or Plurality in GodQ32. The Knowledge of the Divine PersonsQ33. Of the Person of the FatherQ34. Of the Person of the SonQ35. Of the ImageQ36. Of the Person of the Holy GhostQ37. Of the Name of the Holy Ghost---loveQ38. Of the Name of the Holy Ghost, as GiftQ39. Of the Persons in Relation to the EssenceQ40. Of the Persons as Compared to the Relations or PropertiesQ41. Of the Persons in Reference to the Notional ActsQ42. Of Equality and Likeness Among the Divine PersonsQ43. The Mission of the Divine PersonsQ44. The Procession of Creatures from God, and of the First Cause of All ThingsQ45. The Mode of Emanation of Things from the First PrincipleQ46. Of the Beginning of the Duration of CreaturesQ47. Of the Distinctionn of Things in GeneralQ48. The Distinction of Things in ParticularQ49. The Cause of EvilQ50. Of the Substance of the Angels Absolutely ConsideredQ51. Of the Angels in Comparison with BodiesQ52. Of the Angels in Relation to PlaceQ53. Of the Local Movement of the AngelsQ54. Of the Knowledge of the AngelsQ55. Of the Medium of the Angelic KnowledgeQ56. Of the Angel's Knowledge of Immaterial ThingsQ57. Of the Angel's Knowledge of Material ThingsQ58. Of the Mode of Angelic KnowledgeQ59. The Will of the AngelsQ60. Of the Love or Dilection of the AngelsQ61. Of the Production of the Angels in the Order of Natural BeingQ62. Of the Perfection of the Angels in the Order of Grace and of GloryQ63. The Malice of the Angels with Regard to SinQ64. The Punishment of the DemonsQ65. The Work of Creation of Corporeal CreaturesQ66. On the Order of Creation Towards DistinctionQ67. On the Work of Distinction in ItselfQ68. On the Work of the Second DayQ69. On the Work of the Third DayQ70. Of the Work of Adornment, as Regards the Fourth DayQ71. On the Work of the Fifth DayQ72. On the Work of the Sixth DayQ73. On the Things That Belong to the Seventh DayQ74. On All the Seven Days in CommonQ75. Of Man Who Is Composed of a Spiritual and a Corporeal Substance: and in the First Place, Concerning What Belongs to the Essence of the SoulQ76. Of the Union of Body and SoulQ77. Of Those Things Which Belong to the Powers of the Soul in GeneralQ78. Of the Specific Powers of the SoulQ79. Of the Intellectual Powers (thirteen Articles)Q80. Of the Appetitive Powers in GeneralQ81. Of the Power of SensualityQ82. Of the WillQ83. Of Free-willQ84. How the Soul While United to the Body Understands Corporeal Things Beneath ItQ85. Of the Mode and Order of UnderstandingQ86. What Our Intellect Knows in Material ThingsQ87. How the Intellectual Soul Knows Itself and All Within ItselfQ88. How the Human Soul Knows What Is Above ItselfQ89. Of the Knowledge of the Separated SoulQ90. Of the First Production of Man's SoulQ91. The Production of the First Man's BodyQ92. The Production of the WomanQ93. The End or Term of the Production of ManQ94. Of the State and Condition of the First Man as Regards His IntellectQ95. Of Things Pertaining to the First Man's Will---namely, Grace and RighteousnessQ96. Of the Mastership Belonging to Man in the State of InnocenceQ97. Of the Preservation of the Individual in the Primitive StateQ98. Of the Preservation of the SpeciesQ99. Of the Condition of the Offspring as to the BodyQ100. Of the Condition of the Offspring as Regards RighteousnessQ101. Of the Condition of the Offspring as Regards KnowledgeQ102. Of Man's Abode, Which Is ParadiseQ103. Of the Government of Things in GeneralQ104. The Special Effects of the Divine GovernmentQ105. Of the Change of Creatures by GodQ106. How One Creature Moves AnotherQ107. The Speech of the AngelsQ108. Of the Angelic Degrees of Hierarchies and OrdersQ109. The Ordering of the Bad AngelsQ110. How Angels Act on BodiesQ111. The Action of the Angels on ManQ112. The Mission of the AngelsQ113. Of the Guardianship of the Good AngelsQ114. Of the Assaults of the DemonsQ115. Of the Action of the Corporeal CreatureQ116. On FateQ117. Of Things Pertaining to the Action of ManQ118. Of the Production of Man from Man as to the SoulQ119. Of the Propagation of Man as to the Body