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<strong>THE</strong> "<strong>SUMMA</strong> <strong>THE</strong>OLOGICA"<br />

FIRST PART.<br />

QUESTION I.<br />

<strong>THE</strong> NATURE AND EXTENT OF SACRED DOCTRINE.<br />

(In Ten Articles.)<br />

To place our purpose within proper limits, we first endeavour<br />

to investigate the nature and extent of this sacred doctrine.<br />

Concerning this there are ten points of inquiry :--<br />

(I) Whether it is nece_sary ? (2) Whether it is a<br />

science ? (3) Whether it is one or many ? (4) Whether<br />

it is speculative or practical ? (5) How it is compared ,Mth<br />

other sciences ? (6) Whether it is the same as wisdom ?<br />

(7) Whether God is its subject-matter ? (8) Whether it<br />

is a matter of argument ? (9) Whether it rightly employs<br />

metaphors and similes ? (IO) Whether the Sacred Scripture<br />

of this doctrine may be expounded in different senses ?j<br />

FIRST ARTICLE.<br />

WHE<strong>THE</strong>R, BESIDES PHILOSOPHY, ANY FUR<strong>THE</strong>R DOCTRINE IS<br />

REQUIRED ._<br />

We proceed thus to the First Article :_<br />

Objection I. It seems that, besides philosophical science,<br />

we have no need of any further knowledge. For man should<br />

not seek to know what is above reason: Seek _wt the things<br />

thoA are too high for a_ee (Ecclus. iii. 22). But whatever is<br />

not above reason is fully treated of in philosophical science.<br />

I. I

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