| ### QUESTION 188 OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF RELIGIOUS LIFE |

| ### Index |

| #### Prologue #### ARTICLE 1. Whether there is only one religious order? #### ARTICLE 2. Whether a religious order should be established for the works of the active life? #### ARTICLE 3. Whether a religious order can be directed to soldiering? #### ARTICLE 4. Whether a religious order can be established for preaching or hearing confessions? #### ARTICLE 5. Whether a religious order should be established for the purpose of study? #### ARTICLE 6. Whether a religious order that is devoted to the contemplative life is more excellent than on that is given to the active life? #### ARTICLE 7. Whether religious perfection is diminished by possessing something in common? #### ARTICLE 8. Whether the religious life of those who live in community is more perfect than that of those who lead a solitary life? |