| ### QUESTION 50 ### OF THE SUBSTANCE OF THE ANGELS ABSOLUTELY CONSIDERED ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### Now we consider the distinction of corporeal and spiritual creatures: firstly, the purely spiritual creature which in Holy Scripture is called angel; secondly, the creature wholly corporeal; thirdly, the composite creature, corporeal and spiritual, which is man. #### Concerning the angels, we consider first what belongs to their substance; secondly, what belongs to their intellect; thirdly, what belongs to their will; fourthly, what belongs to their creation. #### Their substance we consider absolutely and in relation to corporeal things. #### Concerning their substance absolutely considered, there are five points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether there is any entirely spiritual creature, altogether incorporeal? #### (2) Supposing that an angel is such, we ask whether it is composed of matter and form? #### (3) We ask concerning their number. #### (4) Of their difference from each other. #### (5) Of their immortality or incorruptibility. ####  |