Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) - From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
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111. Of the Division of Grace
112. Of the Cause of Grace 113. Of the Effects of Grace 114. Of Merit ________________________ FIRST PART OF THE SECOND PART ["I-II," "Prima Secundae"] ________________________ TREATISE ON THE LAST END (QQ. 1-5) ________________________ PROLOGUE Since, as Damascene states (De Fide Orth. ii, 12), man is said to be made in God's image, in so far as the image implies "an intelligent being endowed with free-will and self-movement": now that we have treated of the exemplar, i.e. God, and of those things which came forth from the power of God in accordance with His will; it remains for us to treat of His image, i.e. man, inasmuch as he too is the principle of his actions, as having free-will and control of his actions. ________________________ OF MAN'S LAST END (In Eight Articles) In this matter we shall consider first the last end of human life; and secondly, those things by means of which man may advance towards |
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