summa-contra-gentiles

CHAPTER
CONTENTS
PAGB
I. CONNECTION OF THE FOREGOING WITH THE SEQUEL - - 1
II. THAT THE CONSIDERATION OF CREATURES IS USEFUL FOR
BUILDING UP OUR FAITH - - - - - ,2
III. THAT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE NATURE OF CREATURES '•
AVAILS FOR REFUTING ERRORS AGAINST GOD - -
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IV. THAT THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE THEOLOGIAN TREAT OF
CREATURES IN DIFFERENT WAYS - - - - 6
V. ORDER OF THE THINGS
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TO BE SAID - - - - 8
VI. THAT IT BECOMES GOD TO BE THE SOURCE OF BEING TO
OTHER THINGS 8
VII. THAT IN GOD THERE IS ACTIVE POWER - - - lO
ryniJTHAT god's power is his substance - - - ii
IX. THAT god's power IS HIS ACTION - - - - 12
X. IN WHAT WAY POWER IS ASCRIBED TO GOD - - "13
XI. THAT SOMETHING IS SAID OF GOD IN RELATION TO CREATURES*-' I4
XII. THAT RELATIONS SAID OF GOD IN REFERENCE TO CREATURES
ARE NOT REALLY IN GOD - - - "
XIII. AND XIV. HOW THE AFORESAID RELATIONS ARE PREDICATED
OF GOD - - - - - --16
XV. THAT GOD IS TO ALL THINGS THE CAUSE OF BEING V - 18 '
XVI. THAT GOD BROUGHT THINGS INTO BEING OUT OF NOTHING 21
XVII. THAT CREATION IS NEITHER MOVEMENT NOR CHANGE -
XVIII. HOW TO SOLVE THE OBJECTIONS AGAINST CREATION - 26
'XIX. THAT IN CREATION THERE IS NO SUCCESSION -
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'XX. THAT NO BODY CAN CREATE - - - - "
XXI. THAT IT BELONGS TO GOD ALONE TO CREATE - -
XXII. THAT GOD CAN DO ALL THINGS ^ • - - - 36
XXIII. THAT GOD DOES NOT ACT OF NATURAL NECESSITY -
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XXIV. THAT GOD WORKS
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ACCORDING TO HIS WISDOM - -
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XXV. HOW THE ALMIGHTY IS SAID TO BE UNABLE TO DO CERTAIN
THINGS -43
XXVI. THAT THE DIVINE INTELLECT IS NOT CONFINED TO CERTAIN
DETERMINED EFFECTS - - - -
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