| ### QUESTION 102 ### OF OBSERVANCE, CONSIDERED IN ITSELF, AND OF ITS PARTS ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider observance and its parts, the considerations of which will manifest the contrary vices. #### Under the head of observance there are three points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether observance is a special virtue, distinct from other virtues? #### (2) What does observance offer? #### (3) Of its comparison with piety. ####  |