| ### QUESTION 26 ### OF THE ORDER OF CHARITY ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider the order of charity, under which head there are thirteen points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether there is an order in charity? #### (2) Whether man ought to love God more than his neighbor? #### (3) Whether more than himself? #### (4) Whether he ought to love himself more than his neighbor? #### (5) Whether man ought to love his neighbor more than his own body? #### (6) Whether he ought to love one neighbor more than another? #### (7) Whether he ought to love more, a neighbor who is better, or one who is more closely united to him? #### (8) Whether he ought to love more, one who is akin to him by blood, or one who is united to him by other ties? #### (9) Whether, out of charity, a man ought to love his son more than his father ? #### (10) Whether he ought to love his mother more than his father? #### (11) Whether he ought to love his wife more than his father or mother? #### (12) Whether we ought to love those who are kind to us more than those whom we are kind to? #### (13) Whether the order of charity endures in heaven? ####  |