| ### QUESTION 89 ### OF THE RECOVERY OF VIRTUE BY MEANS OF PENANCE ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider the recovery of virtues by means of Penance, under which head there are six points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether virtues are restored through Penance? #### (2) Whether they are restored in equal measure? #### (3) Whether equal dignity is restored to the penitent? #### (4) Whether works of virtue are deadened by subsequent sin? #### (5) Whether works deadened by sin revive through Penance? #### (6) Whether dead works, i.e. works that are done without charity, are quickened by Penance? ####  |