Part, Question

 1   1, 23|            if He prepares unequal lots for not unequal things.
 2   2, 93| observances;~(8) Of divination by lots.~Aquin.: SMT SS Q[95] A[
 3   2, 93|           the demons, by means of lots, omens, or the observance
 4   2, 93|       occult, ~whether by drawing lots, which is called "geomancy";
 5   2, 93|     Whether divination by drawing lots is unlawful? ~Aquin.: SMT
 6   2, 93|        that divination by drawing lots is not unlawful, ~because
 7   2, 93|       Augustine on Ps. 30:16, "My lots are in Thy hands," ~says: "
 8   2, 93|           It is not wrong to cast lots, for it is a means of ascertaining ~
 9   2, 93|         practicing the casting of lots. ~For it is related (Jos.
10   2, 93|           Again ~Saul, by drawing lots, found that his son Jonathan
11   2, 93|          the apostles by drawing ~lots elected Matthias to the
12   2, 93|           seem that divination by lots is not unlawful.~Aquin.:
13   2, 93|        decree that the casting of lots, by which means you make
14   2, 93|  something unknown. If by casting lots one seeks to ~know what
15   2, 93|        other, are willing to draw lots for its division, thus ~
16   2, 93|       according to Prov. ~16:33, "Lots are cast into the lap, but
17   2, 93|          if one have ~recourse to lots without any necessity: for
18   2, 93|          were to have recourse to lots without ~reverence. Hence,
19   2, 93|         to consult God by casting lots, let him take ~note that
20   2, 93|          resort to the drawing of lots in ecclesiastical elections,
21   2, 93|       frequently have recourse to lots, even as in ~the distribution
22   2, 93|       divine ~judgment by casting lots, provided due reverence
23   2, 93|        agrees with the drawing of lots. But in so far as a ~miraculous