CHAPTER XVIII: QUESTION 44 THE FIRST CAUSE OF ALL BEING

[713] Summa Theol., Ia, q. 15

[714] Gen. 1:1.

[715] Exod. 20:11

[716] Isa. 44:24

[717] Ps. 145:6.

[718] John 1:3

[719] Rom. 11:36

[720] Acts 17:24

[721] Denz., nos. 54, 86. Fourth Lateran Council

[722] Denz., nos. 428, 461, 706, 1782, 1801, 1805

[723] Summa Theol., Ia, q. 3, a. 6, 8

[724] ibid., a. 6

[725] ibid., q. 2, a. 3

[726] ibid., q. 3, a. 7

[727] Contra Gentes, Bk. I, chap. 15, 1, 2; De potentia, chap. 3, a. 5; Summa Theol., Ia, q. 3, a. 5

[728] Summa Theol., Ia, q. 75, a. 4; VII Metaphysica, lect. 9, 10

[729] Summa Theol., Ia, q. 3, a. 4.

[730] De potentia, a. 3, a. 5

[731] Summa Theol., Ia, q. 3, a. 7

[732] Cf. Vatican Council, Denz., no. 1782

[733] Summa Theol., Ia, q. 3, a. 6

[734] ibid., q. 15, a. 2

[735] Contra Gentes, Bk. II, chap. 84

[736] Cf. infra, q. 45, a. 1.

[737] St. Augustine, Confessiones, Bk. XII, chap. 7

[738] Cf. infra, reply to third objection

[739] Gen. 1:1.

[740] Cf. in II Sent., d. 37, q. 1, a. 1. (about 1253).

[741] De potentia, q. 3, a. 5 (about 1260).

[742] In VIII Physic., lect. 2 (about 1264).

[743] Summa Theol., Ia, q. 45, a. 5

[744] ibid., q. 15, a. 3 ad 3.

[745] Cf. VII and VIII Metaphysica

[746] Cf. VII Metaphysica, lect, 9, 10; ad 2um; Summa Theol., Ia, q. 84, a. 1. ad 2.

[747] Cf. above, Ia, q. 15

[748] ibid., Ia IIae, q. 1, a. 2

[749] Summa Theol., Ia, q. 15, a. 2.

[750] De div. nom., chap. 5

[751] Cf. XII Metaphysica, chap. 7

[752] Prov. 16:4.

[753] Cf. above, q. 6, a. 1

[754] Cf. II Metaphysica, Bk. I, chap. 2

[755] Cf. XII Metaphysica, chap. 7

[756] Summa Theol., Ia, q. 60, a. 5.

[757] Cf. ad 4; Ia, q. 19, a. 2 ad 2

[758] Summa Theol., Ia, q. 10, a. 1

[759] Prov. 16:4

[760] Cf. ad. 1

[761] Ps. 105:1