| ### QUESTION 66 ### OF THEFT AND ROBBERY ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider the sins opposed to justice, whereby a man injures his neighbor in his belongings; namely theft and robbery. #### Under this head there are nine points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether it is natural to man to possess external things? #### (2) Whether it is lawful for a man to possess something as his own? #### (3) Whether theft is the secret taking of another's property? #### (4) Whether robbery is a species of sin distinct from theft? #### (5) Whether every theft is a sin? #### (6) Whether theft is a mortal sin? #### (7) Whether it is lawful to thieve in a case of necessity? #### (8) Whether every robbery is a mortal sin? #### (9) Whether robbery is a more grievous sin than theft? ####  |