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From the PROLOGUE:
Because the Master of Catholic Truth ought not only to teach the
proficient, but also to instruct beginners (according to the Apostle:
As Unto Little Ones in Christ, I Gave You Milk to Drink, Not Meat--
1 Cor. iii. 1, 2)--we purpose in this book to treat of whatever
belongs to the Christian Religion, in such a way as may tend to the
instruction of beginners. We have considered that students in this
Science have not seldom been hampered by what they have found written by other authors, partly on account of the multiplication of useless questions, articles, and arguments; partly also because those things that are needful for them to know are not taught according to the order of the subject-matter, but according as the plan of the book might require, or the occasion of the argument offer; partly, too, because frequent repetition brought weariness and confusion to the minds of the readers.
Endeavoring to avoid these and other like faults, we shall try, by
God's help, to set forth whatever is included in this Sacred Science
as briefly and clearly as the matter itself may allow.
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The contents include among other subjects:
The Nature and Extent of Sacred Doctrine
The Existence of God
On the Simplicity of God
The Perfection of God
Of Goodness in General
The Goodness of God
The Infinity of God
The Existence of God in Things
The Immutability of God
The Eternity of God
The Unity of God
How God Is Known by Us
The Names of God
Of God's Knowledge
Of Ideas
Of Truth
Concerning Falsity
The Life of God
The Will of God
God's Love
The Justice and Mercy of God
The Providence of God
Of Predestination
The Book of Life
The Power of God
Of the Divine Beatitude
The Procession of the Divine Persons
The Divine Relations
The Divine Persons
The Plurality of Persons in God
Of What Belongs to the Unity or Plurality in God
The Knowledge of the Divine Persons
Of the Person of the Father
Of the Person of the Son
Of the Image
Of the Person of the Holy Ghost
Of the Name of the Holy Ghost--Love
Of the Name of the Holy Ghost, as Gift
Of the Persons in Relation to the Essence
Of the Persons as Compared to the Relations or Properties
Of the Persons in Reference to the Notional Acts
Of Equality and Likeness Among the Divine Persons
The Mission of the Divine Persons
TREATISE ON THE CREATION
The Procession of Creatures from God, and of the First Cause
of All Things
The Mode of Emanation of Things from the First Principle
Of the Beginning of the Duration of Creatures
Of the Distinction of Things in General
The Distinction of Things in Particular
The Cause of Evil
TREATISE ON THE ANGELS
Of the Substance of the Angels Absolutely Considered
Of the Angels in Comparison with Bodies
Of the Angels in Relation to Place
Of the Local Movement of the Angels
Of the Knowledge of the Angels
Of the Medium of the Angelic Knowledge
Of the Angels' Knowledge of Immaterial Things
Of the Angels' Knowledge of Material Things
Of the Mode of the Angelic Knowledge
The Will of the Angels
Of the Love or Dilection of the Angels
Of the Production of the Angels in the Order of Natural Being
Of the Perfection of the Angels in the Order of Grace and of
Glory
The Malice of the Angels with Regard to Sin
The Punishment of the Demons
TREATISE ON THE WORK OF THE SIX DAYS
The Work of Creation of Corporeal Creatures
On the Order of Creation Towards Distinction
On the Work of Distinction in Itself
On the Work of the Second Day
On the Work of the Third Day
On the Work of Adornment, as Regards the Fourth Day
On the Work of the Fifth Day
On the Work of the Sixth Day
On the Things That Belong to the Seventh Day
