- Of the Virtue Itself of Faith
Of the Virtue Itself of Faith
We must now consider the virtue itself of faith, and, in the first place, faith itself; secondly, those who have faith; thirdly, the cause of faith; fourthly, its effects.Under the first head there are eight points of inquiry:(1) What is faith?(2) In what power of the soul does it reside?(3) Whether its form is charity?(4) Whether living [formata] faith and lifeless [informis] faith are one identically?(5) Whether faith is a virtue?(6) Whether it is one virtue?(7) Of its relation to the other virtues;(8) Of its certitude as compared with the certitude of the intellectual virtues.
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Whether this is a fitting definition of faith: "Faith is the substance of things to be hoped for, the evidence of things that appear not?"
Whether faith resides in the intellect?
Whether charity is the form of faith?
Whether lifeless faith can become living, or living faith, lifeless?
Whether faith is a virtue?
Whether faith is one virtue?
Whether faith is the first of the virtues?
Whether faith is more certain than science and the other intellectual virtues?