| ### QUESTION 82 ### OF DEVOTION ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider the acts of religion. First, we shall consider the interior acts, which, as stated above, are its principal acts; secondly, we shall consider its exterior acts, which are secondary. The interior acts of religion are seemingly devotion and prayer. Accordingly we shall treat first of devotion, and afterwards of prayer. #### Under the first head there are four points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether devotion is a special act? #### (2) Whether it is an act of religion? #### (3) Of the cause of devotion? #### (4) Of its effect? ####  |