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ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

 

ON THE LAW

 

SUMMA THEOLOGIAE

FIRST PART OF THE SECOND PART (I-II), QUESTIONS 90-108

(Trans. Alfred J. Freddoso)

 

ON THE LAW IN GENERAL

The Essence of Law - Question 90

The Different Kinds of Law - Question 91

The Effects of Law - Question 92

 

THE PARTS OF LAW

ETERNAL LAW

The Eternal Law - Question 93

  • Preamble
  • Article 1 Eternal law and God’s highest plan
  • Article 2 – Knowledge of eternal law
  • Article 3 – Eternal law as the source of other law
  • Article 4 – Eternal law and things that are necessary and eternal
  • Article 5 – Eternal law and natural contingent things
  • Article 6 – Eternal law and human affairs

NATURAL LAW

The Natural Law - Question 94

HUMAN LAW

Human Law - Question 95

The Force of Human Law - Question 96

Changes in Human Law - Question 97

THE OLD LAW

The Old Law - Question 98

  • Preamble
  • Article 1 – The goodness of the Old Law
  • Article 2 – God as the ultimate source of the Old Law
  • Article 3 – God and angels as the immediate sources of the Old Law
  • Article 4 – The Old Law and the Jewish people
  • Article 5 – The Old Law and the Gentiles
  • Article 6 – The historical fittingness of the Old Law

The Precepts of the Old Law - Question 99

  • Preamble
  • Article 1 – The number of precepts of the Old Law
  • Article 2 – The moral precepts of the Old Law
  • Article 3 – The ceremonial precepts of the Old Law
  • Article 4 – The judicial precepts of the Old Law
  • Article 5 – The exhaustiveness of the moral, ceremonial, and judicial precepts
  • Article 6 – The Old Law and inducement by promises and threats

The Moral Precepts of the Old Law - Question 100

  • Preamble
  • Article 1 – The moral precepts and the natural law
  • Article 2 – The moral precepts and virtue
  • Article 3 – The moral precepts and the Decalogue
  • Article 4 – The division of the precepts of the Decalogue
  • Article 5 – The number of the precepts of the Decalogue
  • Article 6 – The ordering of the precepts of the Decalogue
  • Article 7 – The appropriateness of the precepts of the Decalogue
  • Article 8 – Dispensations from the precepts of the Decalogue
  • Article 9 – The moral precepts and the mode of virtue
  • Article 10 – The moral precepts and the mode of charity
  • Article 11 – Moral precepts outside the Decalogue
  • Article 12 – The moral precepts and justification before God

The Ceremonial Precepts of the Old Law in Themselves - Question 101

  • Preamble
  • Article 1 – The relation of the ceremonial precepts to the worship of God
  • Article 2 – The prefigurative natural of the ceremonial precepts
  • Article 3 – The multiplicity of the ceremonial precepts
  • Article 4 – The division of the ceremonial precepts

The Causes of the Ceremonial Precepts - Question 102:

  • Preamble
  • Article 1 –
  • Article 2 –
  • Article 3 –
  • Article 4 –
  • Article 5 –
  • Article 6 –

The Duration of the Ceremonial Precepts - Question 103

  • Preamble
  • Article 1 –
  • Article 2 –
  • Article 3 –
  • Article 4 –

The Judicial Precepts of the Old Law - Question 104

  • Preamble
  • Article 1 –
  • Article 2 –
  • Article 3 –
  • Article 4 –

The Nature of the Judicial Precepts - Question 105

  • Preamble
  • Article 1 –
  • Article 2 –
  • Article 3 –
  • Article 4 –

THE NEW LAW

The Law of the Gospel, called the New Law, in Itself - Question 106

  • Preamble
  • Article 1 –
  • Article 2 –
  • Article 3 –
  • Article 4 –

The Relation between the Old Law and the New Law - Question 107

  • Preamble
  • Article 1 –
  • Article 2 –
  • Article 3 –
  • Article 4 –

The Contents of the New Law - Question 108

  • Preamble
  • Article 1 –
  • Article 2 –
  • Article 3 –
  • Article 4 –

 

 

 
     

ON THE LAW

ON THE LAW IN GENERAL

I-II, q. 90, The Essence of Law

I-II, q. 91, The Different Kinds of Law

I-II, q. 92, The Effects of Law

THE PARTS OF LAW

Eternal law

I-II, q. 93, Eternal Law

Natural law

I-II, q. 94, The Natural Law

Human law

I-II, q. 95, Human Law

I-II, q. 96, The Force of Human Law

I-II, q. 97, Changes in Human Law

The old law

I-II, q. 98, The Old Law

I-II, q. 99, The Precepts of the Old Law

I-II, q. 100, The Moral Precepts of the Old Law

I-II, q. 101, The Ceremonial Precepts of the Old Law in Themselves

I-II, q. 102, The Causes of the Ceremonial Precepts

I-II, q. 103, The Duration of the Ceremonial Precepts

I-II, q. 104, The Judicial Precepts of the Old Law

I-II, q. 105, The Nature of the Judicial Precepts

The new law

I-II, q. 106, The Law of the Gospel, called the New Law, in Itself

I-II, q. 107, The Relation between the Old Law and the New Law

I-II, q. 108, The Contents of the New Law