| ### QUESTION 80 ### OF THE CAUSE OF SIN, AS REGARDS THE DEVIL ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider the cause of sin, as regards the devil; and under this head there are four points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether the devil is directly the cause of sin? #### (2) Whether the devil induces us to sin, by persuading us inwardly? #### (3) Whether he can make us sin of necessity? #### (4) Whether all sins are due to the devil's suggestion? ####  |