On Prayer and the Contemplative Life

About this eBook

Author

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274

Title

On prayer and the contemplative life

Credits

Produced by Charlene Taylor, Ted Garvin, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

BX: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Churches, Church movements

Subject

Contemplation

Category

Text

eBook-No.

22295

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22295

Release Date

August 10, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ON PRAYER AND THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE — BY
2. 2.VERY REV. HUGH POPE, O.P., S.T.M. — AUTHOR OF "THE CATHOLIC STUDENT'S 'AIDS' TO THE BIBLE," ETC. — WITH A PREFACE BY — VERY REV. VINCENT McNABB, O.P., S.T.L.
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.INTRODUCTION — FOOTNOTES:
6. 6.QUESTION LXXXI — OF THE VIRTUE OF RELIGION — I — Does the Virtue of Religion direct a Man to God Alone? — II — Is Religion a Virtue? — III — Is Religion One Virtue? — IV — Is Religion a Special Virtue Distinct From Others? — V — Is Religion One of the Theological Virtues? — VI — Is Religion to be preferred to the Other Moral Virtues? — VII — Has Religion, That is Latria , [65] any External Acts? — VIII — Is Religion the Same as Sanctity? — FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.QUESTION LXXXII — OF DEVOTION — I — Is Devotion a Special Kind of Act? — II — Is Devotion an Act of the Virtue of Religion? — III — Is Contemplation, that is Meditation, the Cause of Devotion? — IV — Is Joy an Effect of Devotion? — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.QUESTION LXXXIII — OF PRAYER — I — Is Prayer an Act of the Appetitive Powers? — II — Is It Fitting To Pray? — III — Is Prayer an Act of the Virtue of Religion? — IV — Ought We To Pray To God Alone? — V — Should We in our Prayers ask for Anything Definite from God? — VI — Ought We in our Prayers to ask for Temporal Things from God? — VII — Ought We To Pray for Others? — VIII — Ought We To Pray for Our Enemies? — On the Seven Petitions of the lord's Prayer . — Rhythm in Honour of the Blessed Sacrament, said to have been composed by S. Thomas on his Death-Bed. [188] — X — Is Prayer Peculiar to Rational Creatures? — XI — Do the Saints in Heaven Pray for Us? — XII — Should Prayer be Vocal? — XIII — Must Prayer necessarily be Attentive? — XIV — Should our Prayers be Long? — XV — Is Prayer Meritorious? — XVI — Do Sinners gain Anything From God by their Prayers? — XVII — Can We rightly term Supplications," "Prayers," "Intercessions," and "Thanksgivings," parts of Prayer? — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.FROM THE SUPPLEMENT TO THE SUMMA—QUESTION LXXII — OF THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS WHO ARE IN HEAVEN — I — Are the Saints cognizant of our Prayers? — II — Ought we to appeal to the Saints to intercede for us? — III — Are the Saints' Prayers to God for us always heard? — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.QUESTION CLXXIX — OF THE DIVISION OF LIFE INTO THE ACTIVE AND THE CONTEMPLATIVE — I — May Life be fittingly divided into the Active and the Contemplative? — II — Is this division of Life into the Active and the Contemplative a sufficient one? — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.QUESTION CLXXX — OF THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE — I — Is the Contemplative Life wholly confined to the Intellect, or does the Will enter into it? — II — Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? — III — Does the Contemplative Life comprise many Acts? — IV — Does the Contemplative Life consist solely in the Contemplation of God, or in the Consideration of other Truths as well? — V — Can the Contemplative Life attain, according to the State of this Present Life, to the Contemplation of the Divine Essence? — VI — Is the Act of Contemplation Rightly Distinguished According to the Three Kinds of Motion—Circular, Direct, and Oblique? — VII — Has Contemplation its Joys? — VIII — Is the Contemplative Life lasting? — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.QUESTION CLXXXI — OF THE ACTIVE LIFE — I — Do all Acts of the Moral Virtues come under the Active Life? — II — Does Prudence pertain to the Active Life? — III — Does Teaching Belong to the Active or to the Contemplative Life? — IV — Does the Active Life continue after this Life? — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.QUESTION CLXXXII — OF THE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE ACTIVE AND THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE — I — Is the Active Life preferable to the Contemplative? — II — Is the Active Life more Meritorious than the Contemplative? — III — Is the Active Life a Hindrance to the Contemplative Life? — IV — Does the Active Life precede the Contemplative? — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.QUESTION CLXXXVI — ON THE RELIGIOUS STATE — Are Contemplative Orders superior to Active Orders? — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.INDEX
16. 16.INDEX OF TEXTS QUOTED OR EXPLAINED — THE END — Printed in England

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