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	ST. THOMAS AQUINAS ON THE LAW SUMMA THEOLOGIAE FIRST PART OF THE SECOND PART (I-II), QUESTIONS 90-108 (Trans. Alfred J. Freddoso) ON THE LAW IN GENERAL *The Essence of Law* - Question 90 Preamble Article 1 – Is law something that belongs to reason? Article 2 – The end (or purpose) of law Article 3 – The cause of law Article 4 – The promulgation of law *The Different Kinds of Law* - Question 91 Preamble Article 1 – Eternal law Article 2 – Natural law Article 3 – Human law Article 4 – Divine law Article 5 – Old Law and New Law Article 6 – The ‘law of the stimulant to sin’ *The Effects of Law* - Question 92 Preamble Article 1 – Law and virtue Article 2 – The acts of law THE PARTS OF LAW ETERNAL LAW *The Eternal Law* - Question 93 Preamble Article 1 – Eternal law and God’s highest plan Article 2 – Knowledge of eternal law Article 3 – Eternal law as the source of other law Article 4 – Eternal law and things that are necessary and eternal Article 5 – Eternal law and natural contingent things Article 6 – Eternal law and human affairs NATURAL LAW *The Natural Law* - Question 94 Preamble Article 1 – Natural law as a habit Article 2 – The precepts of natural law Article 3 – Natural law and virtue Article 4 – The sameness of natural law for everyone Article 5 – The immutability of natural law Article 6 – The corruption of the knowledge of natural law HUMAN LAW *Human Law* - Question 95 Preamble Article 1 – The usefulness of human law Article 2 – Human law and natural law Article 3 – The characteristics of positive law Article 4 – Isidore’s division of human laws *The Force of Human Law* - Question 96 Preamble Article 1 – The generality of human law Article 2 – Human law and the suppression of vice Article 3 – Human law and the promotion of virtue Article 4 – The obligatory force of human law Article 5 – The subjects of human law Article 6 – Acting outside of the letter of the law *Changes in Human Law* - Question 97 Preamble Article 1 – The possibility of changing human law Article 2 – The desirability of changing human law Article 3 – Custom and human law Article 4 – Dispensations from human law THE OLD LAW *The Old Law* - Question 98 Preamble Article 1 – The goodness of the Old Law Article 2 – God as the ultimate source of the Old Law Article 3 – God and angels as the immediate sources of the Old Law Article 4 – The Old Law and the Jewish people Article 5 – The Old Law and the Gentiles Article 6 – The historical fittingness of the Old Law *The Precepts of the Old Law* - Question 99 Preamble Article 1 – The number of precepts of the Old Law Article 2 – The moral precepts of the Old Law Article 3 – The ceremonial precepts of the Old Law Article 4 – The judicial precepts of the Old Law Article 5 – The exhaustiveness of the moral, ceremonial, and judicial precepts Article 6 – The Old Law and inducement by promises and threats *The Moral Precepts of the Old Law* - Question 100 Preamble Article 1 – The moral precepts and the natural law Article 2 – The moral precepts and virtue Article 3 – The moral precepts and the Decalogue Article 4 – The division of the precepts of the Decalogue Article 5 – The number of the precepts of the Decalogue Article 6 – The ordering of the precepts of the Decalogue Article 7 – The appropriateness of the precepts of the Decalogue Article 8 – Dispensations from the precepts of the Decalogue Article 9 – The moral precepts and the mode of virtue Article 10 – The moral precepts and the mode of charity Article 11 – Moral precepts outside the Decalogue Article 12 – The moral precepts and justification before God *The Ceremonial Precepts of the Old Law in Themselves* - Question 101 Preamble Article 1 – The relation of the ceremonial precepts to the worship of God Article 2 – The prefigurative natural of the ceremonial precepts Article 3 – The multiplicity of the ceremonial precepts Article 4 – The division of the ceremonial precepts *The Causes of the Ceremonial Precepts* - Question 102: Preamble Article 1 – Article 2 – Article 3 – Article 4 – Article 5 – Article 6 – *The Duration of the Ceremonial Precepts* - Question 103 Preamble Article 1 – Article 2 – Article 3 – Article 4 – *The Judicial Precepts of the Old Law* - Question 104 Preamble Article 1 – Article 2 – Article 3 – Article 4 – *The Nature of the Judicial Precepts* - Question 105 Preamble Article 1 – Article 2 – Article 3 – Article 4 – THE NEW LAW *The Law of the Gospel, called the New Law, in Itself* - Question 106 Preamble Article 1 – Article 2 – Article 3 – Article 4 – *The Relation between the Old Law and the New Law* - Question 107 Preamble Article 1 – Article 2 – Article 3 – Article 4 – *The Contents of the New Law* - Question 108 Preamble Article 1 – Article 2 – Article 3 – Article 4 –

ON THE LAW IN GENERAL

I-II, q. 90, The Essence of Law

I-II, q. 91, The Different Kinds of Law

I-II, q. 92, The Effects of Law

THE PARTS OF LAW

Eternal law

I-II, q. 93, Eternal Law

Natural law

I-II, q. 94, The Natural Law

Human law

I-II, q. 95, Human Law

I-II, q. 96, The Force of Human Law

I-II, q. 97, Changes in Human Law

The old law

I-II, q. 98, The Old Law

I-II, q. 99, The Precepts of the Old Law

I-II, q. 100, The Moral Precepts of the Old Law

I-II, q. 101, The Ceremonial Precepts of the Old Law in Themselves

I-II, q. 102, The Causes of the Ceremonial Precepts

I-II, q. 103, The Duration of the Ceremonial Precepts

I-II, q. 104, The Judicial Precepts of the Old Law

I-II, q. 105, The Nature of the Judicial Precepts

The new law

I-II, q. 106, The Law of the Gospel, called the New Law, in Itself

I-II, q. 107, The Relation between the Old Law and the New Law

I-II, q. 108, The Contents of the New Law