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ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

 

ON THE LAW

 

SUMMA THEOLOGIAE

FIRST PART OF THE SECOND PART (I-II)

(Trans. Alfred J. Freddoso)

QUESTION 100

The Moral Precepts of the Old Law

PREAMBLE

 

The Moral Precepts of the Old Law

 

We next have to consider each of the types of precept in the Old Law—first, the moral precepts (question 100); second, the ceremonial precepts (questions 101-103); and third, the judicial precepts (questions 104-105).
On the first topic there are twelve questions:  (1) Do all the moral precepts of the Old Law belong to the law of nature?  (2) Do the moral precepts of the Old Law have to do with the acts of all the virtues?  (3) Are all the moral precepts of the Old Law traced back to the ten precepts of the Decalogue?  (4) What about the way in which the precepts of the Decalogue are distinguished?  (5) What about the number of precepts?  (6) What about their order?  (7) What about the way in which they are set down?  (8) Is it possible to be dispensed from the precepts of the Decalogue?  (9) Does the mode of practicing a virtue fall under a precept?  (10) Does the mode of charity fall under a precept?  (11) How are the other moral precepts distinguished?  (12) Do the moral precepts of the Old Law give justification [before God]?

 

 
     

ON THE LAW

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