Summa Theologica - 12 Pars Secunda Secundae, Treatise on Gratuitous Graces and the States of Life
Saint Thomas Aquinas
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Length 15 h 33 min
Chapters 25
First published 1917
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274) although it was never finished. It was intended as a manual for beginners and a compilation of all of the main theological teachings of that time. It summarizes the reasoning for almost all points of Christian theology in the West, which, before the Protestant Reformation, subsisted solely in the Roman Catholic Church. The Summa's topics follow a cycle: the existence of God, God's creation, Man, Man's purpose, Christ, the Sacraments, and back to God. (Summary adapted from the Wikipedia)
This selection of the Summa Theologica covers questions 171-189 of the Secunda Secundae ("Second-half of the Second Part"), which comprise Treatises on the Gratuitous Graces (questions 171-182) and the States of Life (questions 183-189), with which the Second Part concludes.
Chapters
1
Question 171 - OF PROPHECY (In Six Articles) Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 50:49
2
Question 172 - OF THE CAUSE OF PROPHECY (In Six Articles) Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 43:08
3
Question 173 - OF THE MANNER IN WHICH PROPHETIC KNOWLEDGE IS CONVEYED (In Four Articles) Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 33:16
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Question 174 - OF THE DIVISION OF PROPHECY (In Six Articles) Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 52:21
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Question 175 - OF RAPTURE (In Six Articles) Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 49:22
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Question 176 - OF THE GRACE OF TONGUES (In Two Articles) Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 18:21
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Question 177 - OF THE GRATUITOUS GRACE CONSISTING IN WORDS (In Two Articles) Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 13:49
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Question 178 - OF THE GRACE OF MIRACLES (In Two Articles) Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 19:31
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Question 179 - OF THE DIVISION OF LIFE INTO ACTIVE AND CONTEMPLATIVE (In Two Articles) Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 11:49
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Question 180 - OF THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE (In Eight Articles) Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 1:06:52
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Question 181 - OF THE ACTIVE LIFE (In Four Articles) Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 25:04
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Question 182 - OF THE ACTIVE LIFE IN COMPARISON WITH THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE (In Four Articles) Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 31:20
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Question 183 - OF MAN'S VARIOUS DUTIES AND STATES IN GENERAL (In Four Articles) Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 27:39
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Question 184 - OF THE STATE OF PERFECTION IN GENERAL (In Eight Articles), part 1 Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 33:32
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Question 184 - OF THE STATE OF PERFECTION IN GENERAL (In Eight Articles), part 2 Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 40:27
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Question 185 - OF THINGS PERTAINING TO THE EPISCOPAL STATE (In Eight Articles), part 1 Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 40:16
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Question 185 - OF THINGS PERTAINING TO THE EPISCOPAL STATE (In Eight Articles), part 2 Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 32:49
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Question 186 - OF THOSE THINGS IN WHICH THE RELIGIOUS STATE PROPERLY CONSISTS (In Ten Articles), part 1 Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 51:23
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Question 186 - OF THOSE THINGS IN WHICH THE RELIGIOUS STATE PROPERLY CONSISTS (In Ten Articles), part 2 Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 38:53
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Question 187 - OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE COMPETENT TO RELIGIOUS (In Six Articles), part 1 Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 37:29
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Question 187 - OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE COMPETENT TO RELIGIOUS (In Six Articles), part 2 Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 36:39
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Question 188 - OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF RELIGIOUS LIFE (In Eight Articles), part 1 Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 34:09
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Question 188 - OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF RELIGIOUS LIFE (In Eight Articles), part 2 Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 51:09
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Question 189 - OF THE ENTRANCE INTO RELIGIOUS LIFE (In Ten Articles), part 1 Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 49:57
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Question 189 - OF THE ENTRANCE INTO RELIGIOUS LIFE (In Ten Articles), part 2 Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 42:55
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