| ### QUESTION 63 ### THE MALICE OF THE ANGELS WITH REGARD TO SIN ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### In the next place we must consider how angels became evil: first of all with regard to the evil of fault; and secondly, as to the evil of punishment. Under the first heading there are nine points for consideration: #### (1) Can there be evil of fault in the angels? #### (2) What kind of sins can be in them? #### (3) What did the angel seek in sinning? #### (4) Supposing that some became evil by a sin of their own choosing, are any of them naturally evil? #### (5) Supposing that it is not so, could any one of them become evil in the first instant of his creation by an act of his own will? #### (6) Supposing that he did not, was there any interval between his creation and fall? #### (7) Was the highest of them who fell, absolutely the highest among the angels? #### (8) Was the sin of the foremost angel the cause of the others sinning? #### (9) Did as many sin as remained steadfast? ####  |