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According to St. Thomas they could not have sinned
venially.[1226] The reason is that the angelic
intellect is not discursive; it sees conclusions in
principles intuitively, and it beholds means as they are
in the order to an end. Therefore in the angels there
cannot be a deordination with regard to the means (venial
sin) unless there is also a deordination with regard to
the end.
Scotus and Suarez hold the contrary opinion, that the
angels have discursive knowledge.
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