Summa Theologica - 08 Pars Prima Secundae, Treatise on Habits, Virtues and Vices: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

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LibriVox recording of Summa Theologica - 08 Pars Prima Secundae, Treatise on Habits, Virtues and Vices by Saint Thomas Aquinas. (Translated by The Fathers of the English Dominican Province.) Read in English by M.S.C. Lambert, LC The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274) although it was never finished. It was intended as a manual for beginners and a compilation of all of the main theological teachings of that time. It summarizes the reasoning for almost all points of Christian theology in the West, which, before the Protestant Reformation, subsisted solely in the Roman Catholic Church. The Summa's topics follow a cycle: the existence of God, God's creation, Man, Man's purpose, Christ, the Sacraments, and back to God. (Summary adapted from the Wikipedia) This selection of the Summa Theologica covers questions 49-89 of the Prima Secundae ("First-half of the Second Part"), a Treatise on the Habits, Virtues and Vices: the habits in general (questions 49-54), and in particular (questions 55-89), whether expressed as virtues (55-70) or as vices (71-89).

Recording facts

• Recording title: Summa Theologica - 08 Pars Prima Secundae, Treatise on Habits, Virtues and Vices
• Author credits: Saint Thomas Aquinas
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 43
• Listed recording duration: 24:19:50

Catalogue topics

• virtues
• habits
• summa theologica
• saint thomas aquinas
• vices
• venial sin
• mortal sin

Opening tracks: first 24 of 43

1. 01 - Question 49 - OF HABITS IN GENERAL, AS TO THEIR SUBSTANCE (In Four Articles) — 34:31
2. 02 - Question 50 - OF THE SUBJECT OF HABITS (In Six Articles) — 42:45
3. 03 - Question 51 - OF THE CAUSE OF HABITS, AS TO THEIR FORMATION (In Four Articles) — 25:53
4. 04 - Question 52 - OF THE INCREASE OF HABITS (In Three Articles) — 27:44
5. 05 - Question 53 - HOW HABITS ARE CORRUPTED OR DIMINISHED (In Three Articles) — 21:42
6. 06 - Question 54 - OF THE DISTINCTION OF HABITS (In Four Articles) — 24:40
7. 07 - Question 55 - OF THE VIRTUES, AS TO THEIR ESSENCE (In Four Articles) — 28:36
8. 08 - Question 56 - OF THE SUBJECT OF VIRTUE (In Six Articles) — 38:10
9. 09 - Question 57 - OF THE INTELLECTUAL VIRTUES (In Six Articles) — 43:23
10. 10 - Question 58 - OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL VIRTUES (In Five Articles) — 33:23
11. 11 - Question 59 - OF MORAL VIRTUE IN RELATION TO THE PASSIONS (In Five Articles) — 29:21
12. 12 - Question 60 - HOW THE MORAL VIRTUES DIFFER FROM ONE ANOTHER (In Five Articles) — 36:09
13. 13 - Question 61 - OF THE CARDINAL VIRTUES (In Five Articles) — 33:59
14. 14 - Question 62 - OF THE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES (In Four Articles) — 22:50
15. 15 - Question 63 - OF THE CAUSE OF VIRTUES (In Four Articles) — 25:16
16. 16 - Question 64 - OF THE MEAN OF VIRTUE (In Four Articles) — 24:36
17. 17 - Question 65 - OF THE CONNECTION OF VIRTUES (In Five Articles) — 36:13
18. 18 - Question 66 - OF EQUALITY AMONG THE VIRTUES (In Six Articles) — 43:50
19. 19 - Question 67 - OF THE DURATION OF VIRTUES AFTER THIS LIFE (In Six Articles) — 42:41
20. 20 - Question 68 - OF THE GIFTS (In Eight Articles) — 1:03:31
21. 21 - Question 69 - OF THE BEATITUDES (In Four Articles) — 35:25
22. 22 - Question 70 - OF THE FRUITS OF THE HOLY GHOST (In Four Articles) — 27:35
23. 23 - Question 71 - OF VICE AND SIN CONSIDERED IN THEMSELVES (In Six Articles) — 41:16
24. 24 - Question 72 - OF THE DISTINCTION OF SINS (In Nine Articles) — 57:54

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