| ### SECOND PART OF THE SECOND PART ### QUAESTION 1 ### OF FAITH ###  |

| #### PROLOGUE |

| #### #### Having to treat now of the theological virtues, we shall begin with Faith, secondly we shall speak of Hope, and thirdly, of Charity. #### The treatise on Faith will be fourfold: (1) Of faith itself; (2) Of the corresponding gifts, knowledge and understanding; (3) Of the opposite vices; (4) Of the precepts pertaining to this virtue. #### About faith itself we shall consider: (1) its object; (2) its act; (3) the habit of faith. #### Under the first head there are ten points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether the object of faith is the First Truth? #### (2) Whether the object of faith is something complex or incomplex, i.e. whether it is a thing or a proposition? #### (3) Whether anything false can come under faith? #### (4) Whether the object of faith can be anything seen? #### (5) Whether it can be anything known? #### (6) Whether the things to be believed should be divided into a certain number of articles? #### (7) Whether the same articles are of faith for all times? #### (8) Of the number of articles; #### (9) Of the manner of embodying the articles in a symbol; #### (10) Who has the right to propose a symbol of faith? ####  |