| ### QUESTION 75 ### OF THE CAUSES OF SIN, IN GENERAL ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider the causes of sin: (1) in general; (2) in particular. Under the first head there are four points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether sin has a cause? #### (2) Whether it has an internal cause? #### (3) Whether it has an external cause? #### (4) Whether one sin is the cause of another? ####  |