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Prima Pars

Sacred Doctrine. The One God. The Blessed Trinity. Creation. The Angels. The Six Days. Man. The Government of Creatures.

Question 1. The nature and extent of sacred doctrine
  1. Is it necessary?
  2. Is it a science?
  3. Is it one or many?
  4. Is it speculative or practical?
  5. How it is compared with other sciences?
  6. Is it the same as wisdom?
  7. Is God its subject-matter?
  8. Is it a matter of argument?
  9. Does it rightly employ metaphors and similes?
  10. May the Sacred Scripture of this doctrine be expounded in different senses?
Question 2. The existence of God
  1. Is the proposition "God exists" self-evident?
  2. Is it demonstrable?
  3. Does God exist?
    1. Part 1
    2. Part 2
    3. Part 3
    4. Part 4
    5. Part 5
    6. Part 6
Question 3. The simplicity of God
  1. Is God a body?
  2. Is He composed of matter and form?
  3. Is there composition of quiddity, essence or nature, and subject in Him?
  4. Is He composed of essence and existence?
  5. Is He composed of genus and difference?
  6. Is He composed of subject and accident?
  7. Is He in any way composite, or wholly simple?
  8. Does He enter into composition with other things?

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