| ### QUESTION 2 ### OF THE ACT OF FAITH ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider the act of faith, and (1) the internal act; (2) the external act. #### Under the first head there are ten points of inquiry: #### (1) What is "to believe," which is the internal act of faith? #### (2) In how many ways is it expressed? #### (3) Whether it is necessary for salvation to believe in anything above natural reason? #### (4) Whether it is necessary to believe those things that are attainable by natural reason? #### (5) Whether it is necessary for salvation to believe certain things explicitly? #### (6) Whether all are equally bound to explicit faith? #### (7) Whether explicit faith in Christ is always necessary for salvation? #### (8) Whether it is necessary for salvation to believe in the Trinity explicitly? #### (9) Whether the act of faith is meritorious? #### (10) Whether human reason diminishes the merit of faith? ####  |