| ### QUESTION 52 ### OF THE GIFT OF COUNSEL ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider the gift of counsel which corresponds to prudence. Under this head there are four points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether counsel should be reckoned among the seven gifts of the Holy Ghost? #### (2) Whether the gift of counsel corresponds to prudence? #### (3) Whether the gift of counsel remains in heaven? #### (4) Whether the fifth beatitude, "Blessed are the merciful," etc. corresponds to the gift of counsel? ####  |