| ### QUESTION 85 ### OF THE EFFECTS OF SIN, AND, FIRST, OF THE CORRUPTION OF THE GOOD OF NATURE ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider the effects of sin; and (1) the corruption of the good of nature; (2) the stain on the soul; (3) the debt of punishment. #### Under the first head there are six points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether the good of nature is diminished by sin? #### (2) Whether it can be taken away altogether? #### (3) Of the four wounds, mentioned by Bede, with which human nature is stricken in consequence of sin. #### (4) Whether privation of mode, species and order is an effect of sin? #### (5) Whether death and other bodily defects are the result of sin? #### (6) Whether they are, in any way, natural to man? ####  |