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Part, Question
1 1, 8 | 1/1~OBJ 4: Further, the demons are beings. But God is not
2 1, 8 | beings. But God is not in the demons; for ~there is no fellowship
3 1, 8 | 1/1~Reply OBJ 4: In the demons there is their nature which
4 1, 8 | conceded that God is in the demons, except with the ~addition, "
5 1, 13 | gods of ~the Gentiles are demons" (Ps. 95:5).~Aquin.: SMT
6 1, 22 | affairs, he assigned to demons, whom the Platonic philosophers ~
7 1, 51 | Gen. ad lit. iii): "The demons are called animals of the ~
8 1, 51 | bodies." But ~the nature of demons and angels is the same.
9 1, 51 | animals, ~which they termed demons.~Aquin.: SMT FP Q[51] A[
10 1, 51 | occasionally begotten ~from demons, it is not from the seed
11 1, 51 | not from the seed of such demons, nor from their ~assumed
12 1, 52 | Augustine (De Trin. vi). But demons, although they do not obsess
13 1, 54 | perverted phantasy" in the demons. But phantasy belongs to
14 1, 54 | the imagination is in the ~demons; and for the same reason
15 1, 54 | contended that angels and demons have bodies ~naturally united
16 1, 54 | phantasy' is ~attributed to demons, since they have a false
17 1, 57 | then can angels, or ~even demons, the more deeply they penetrate
18 1, 57 | De divin. daemon.) that demons ~"sometimes with the greatest
19 1, 58 | bono i, 10) says that "demons learn ~more things by experience."
20 1, 58 | is affirmed of angels and demons simply by way ~of similitude,
21 1, 58 | perverted fancy" in the demons. Therefore it ~seems that
22 1, 58 | vii) affirms this of the demons. Therefore it seems ~that
23 1, 58 | But since the minds of demons ~are utterly perverted from
24 1, 58 | For the perversity of the demons comes of their not ~being
25 1, 59 | Div. Nom. iv) that in the ~demons there is "unreasonable fury
26 1, 59 | wild concupiscence." But demons ~are of the same nature
27 1, 59 | metaphorically said to be in the ~demons, as anger is sometimes attributed
28 1, 60 | as is the case with the demons, who have no love for ~the
29 1, 63 | the sin itself. But the demons delight even in the ~obscenities
30 1, 63 | also be carnal sins in the demons.~Aquin.: SMT FP Q[63] A[
31 1, 63 | guilt, all sins are in the ~demons; since by leading men to
32 1, 63 | those sins can be in the demons which can belong to ~a spiritual
33 1, 63 | Para. 1/1~Reply OBJ 1: The demons do not delight in the obscenities
34 1, 63 | value of money; to these demons are ~not at all inclined,
35 1, 63 | the pride which is in the demons. ~Anger implies passion,
36 1, 63 | exist metaphorically in the demons. Sloth is a kind of sadness, ~
37 1, 63 | which does not apply to the demons. So it is evident that pride ~
38 1, 63 | sins which can be found in demons; yet so ~that envy is not
39 1, 63 | and pride, as found in the demons, are comprised ~all other
40 1, 63 | Thes. Para. 1/1~Whether any demons are naturally wicked?~Aquin.:
41 1, 63 | It would seem that some demons are naturally wicked. For
42 1, 63 | There is a class of ~demons of crafty nature, pretending
43 1, 63 | be evil. Therefore some demons are ~naturally wicked.~Aquin.:
44 1, 63 | Therefore, although the demons are God's creatures, they
45 1, 63 | Div. Nom. iv) that "the demons are not ~naturally wicked."~
46 1, 63 | will. ~Hence, since the demons are intellectual substances,
47 1, 63 | Porphyry for saying that the demons are ~naturally deceitful;
48 1, 63 | was that, as he contended, demons are animals with a ~sensitive
49 1, 63 | good angels. Therefore the demons likewise could sin in the ~
50 1, 63 | among them were also the ~demons. Therefore the demons were
51 1, 63 | the ~demons. Therefore the demons were at some time good.~
52 1, 63 | have maintained that the demons were wicked ~straightway
53 1, 63 | whereby the sins of ~the demons are understood by the term
54 1, 63 | good; whereas some of the demons ~were good, and some bad;
55 1, 63 | calling by the name of "demons" the ~intellectual substances
56 1, 63 | has been said (A[2]), ~the demons' sin was pride; and the
57 1, 63 | appears in this, that all the demons are ~subjects of that highest
58 1, 63 | Reply OBJ 1: Although the demons all sinned in the one instant,
59 1, 63 | it was not ~against the demons' pride for them to wish
60 1, 63 | are not attributed to ~demons; since they are derived
61 1, 64 | THE PUNISHMENT OF THE DEMONS (FOUR ARTICLES)~It now remains
62 1, 64 | with the punishment of the demons; ~under which heading there
63 1, 64 | Thes. Para. 1/1~Whether the demons' intellect is darkened by
64 1, 64 | It would seem that the demons' intellect is darkened by
65 1, 64 | substances. Therefore the demons are deprived of all knowledge
66 1, 64 | light of the sun. But ~the demons cannot know God, Who is
67 1, 64 | morning and evening. But the ~demons have no morning knowledge,
68 1, 64 | Gn. 1]). Therefore the demons can have no ~knowledge of
69 1, 64 | De Civ. Dei xi). ~But the demons are deprived of such knowledge: "
70 1, 64 | by ~discovery. Now, the demons cannot know the truth by
71 1, 64 | gifts were bestowed upon the demons which, we say, have not
72 1, 64 | away nor lessened in the demons. For it follows from the
73 1, 64 | God remains also in the demons. Although they do not possess ~
74 1, 64 | as is the case with the demons, it is ~not called evening,
75 1, 64 | the Word, which vision the demons never had. Yet all the angels ~
76 1, 64 | apprehend it; hence the demons much less fully ~understood
77 1, 64 | Para. 1/1~Reply OBJ 5: The demons know a truth in three ways:
78 1, 64 | Whether the will of the demons is obstinate in evil?~Aquin.:
79 1, 64 | seem that the will of the demons is not obstinate in ~evil.
80 1, 64 | which nature remains in the demons, as we said above (A[1]).
81 1, 64 | to evil. ~Therefore the demons' will is not so obstinate
82 1, 64 | it is greater than the ~demons' malice, which is finite.
83 1, 64 | s mercy. Therefore the ~demons can likewise return from
84 1, 64 | 1~OBJ 3: Further, if the demons have a will obstinate in
85 1, 64 | Q[63], A[8]), the lower demons fell through the highest
86 1, 64 | of God" (Mk. 1:24). ~"The demons" also "believe and tremble" (
87 1, 64 | this is understood of the demons. ~Therefore they remain
88 1, 64 | Scripture, which declares that demons and wicked men ~shall be
89 1, 64 | and that the will ~of the demons is obstinate in evil.~Aquin.:
90 1, 64 | Whether there is sorrow in the demons?~Aquin.: SMT FP Q[64] A[
91 1, 64 | there is no sorrow in the demons. For since ~sorrow and joy
92 1, 64 | But there is joy in the demons: for Augustine writing against ~
93 1, 64 | there is no sorrow in the demons.~Aquin.: SMT FP Q[64] A[
94 1, 64 | there is no fear in the demons, according to Job 41:24, "
95 1, 64 | there is no grief in the demons.~Aquin.: SMT FP Q[64] A[
96 1, 64 | sorry for evil. But the demons ~can do no good action.
97 1, 64 | passions, cannot exist in the demons; for thus they are proper
98 1, 64 | will, they can be in the ~demons. And it must be said that
99 1, 64 | it is evident that the ~demons would wish many things not
100 1, 64 | As there is sorrow in the demons over present evil, so also ~
101 1, 64 | Whether our atmosphere is the demons' place of punishment?~Aquin.:
102 1, 64 | this atmosphere is not the demons' place of ~punishment. For
103 1, 64 | place of punishment for ~demons.~Aquin.: SMT FP Q[64] A[
104 1, 64 | sin is not graver than the demons'. But man's ~place of punishment
105 1, 64 | more, therefore, is it the demons' ~place of punishment; and
106 1, 64 | 1/1~OBJ 3: Further, the demons are punished with the pain
107 1, 64 | place of punishment for the demons.~Aquin.: SMT FP Q[64] A[
108 1, 64 | atmosphere is as a prison to the demons until the judgment day."~
109 1, 64 | punishment ~is due to the demons: one, by reason of their
110 1, 64 | angels and wrestling with demons ~endure until then. Hence
111 1, 64 | sent to us here; ~and the demons are in this dark atmosphere
112 1, 64 | order of nature, as ~the demons are over men in the order
113 1, 64 | that the pain of sense for demons and ~souls is postponed
114 1, 64 | of souls, admit it ~as to demons. But it is better to say
115 1, 64 | said, that although the ~demons are not actually bound within
116 1, 66 | says that Porphyry sets the demons apart from the ~angels by
117 1, 67 | darkness was not, for even the demons were ~in the beginning good,
118 1, 52 | Gen. ad lit. iii): "The demons are called animals of the ~
119 1, 52 | bodies." But ~the nature of demons and angels is the same.
120 1, 52 | animals, ~which they termed demons.~Aquin.: SMT FP Q[51] A[
121 1, 52 | occasionally begotten ~from demons, it is not from the seed
122 1, 52 | not from the seed of such demons, nor from their ~assumed
123 1, 53 | Augustine (De Trin. vi). But demons, although they do not obsess
124 1, 55 | perverted phantasy" in the demons. But phantasy belongs to
125 1, 55 | the imagination is in the ~demons; and for the same reason
126 1, 55 | contended that angels and demons have bodies ~naturally united
127 1, 55 | phantasy' is ~attributed to demons, since they have a false
128 1, 58 | then can angels, or ~even demons, the more deeply they penetrate
129 1, 58 | De divin. daemon.) that demons ~"sometimes with the greatest
130 1, 59 | bono i, 10) says that "demons learn ~more things by experience."
131 1, 59 | is affirmed of angels and demons simply by way ~of similitude,
132 1, 59 | perverted fancy" in the demons. Therefore it ~seems that
133 1, 59 | vii) affirms this of the demons. Therefore it seems ~that
134 1, 59 | But since the minds of demons ~are utterly perverted from
135 1, 59 | For the perversity of the demons comes of their not ~being
136 1, 60 | Div. Nom. iv) that in the ~demons there is "unreasonable fury
137 1, 60 | wild concupiscence." But demons ~are of the same nature
138 1, 60 | metaphorically said to be in the ~demons, as anger is sometimes attributed
139 1, 61 | as is the case with the demons, who have no love for ~the
140 1, 64 | the sin itself. But the demons delight even in the ~obscenities
141 1, 64 | also be carnal sins in the demons.~Aquin.: SMT FP Q[63] A[
142 1, 64 | guilt, all sins are in the ~demons; since by leading men to
143 1, 64 | those sins can be in the demons which can belong to ~a spiritual
144 1, 64 | Para. 1/1~Reply OBJ 1: The demons do not delight in the obscenities
145 1, 64 | value of money; to these demons are ~not at all inclined,
146 1, 64 | the pride which is in the demons. ~Anger implies passion,
147 1, 64 | exist metaphorically in the demons. Sloth is a kind of sadness, ~
148 1, 64 | which does not apply to the demons. So it is evident that pride ~
149 1, 64 | sins which can be found in demons; yet so ~that envy is not
150 1, 64 | and pride, as found in the demons, are comprised ~all other
151 1, 64 | Thes. Para. 1/1~Whether any demons are naturally wicked?~Aquin.:
152 1, 64 | It would seem that some demons are naturally wicked. For
153 1, 64 | There is a class of ~demons of crafty nature, pretending
154 1, 64 | be evil. Therefore some demons are ~naturally wicked.~Aquin.:
155 1, 64 | Therefore, although the demons are God's ~creatures, they
156 1, 64 | Div. Nom. iv) that "the demons are not ~naturally wicked."~
157 1, 64 | will. ~Hence, since the demons are intellectual substances,
158 1, 64 | Porphyry for saying that the demons are ~naturally deceitful;
159 1, 64 | was that, as he contended, demons are animals with a ~sensitive
160 1, 64 | good angels. Therefore the demons likewise could sin in the ~
161 1, 64 | among them were also the ~demons. Therefore the demons were
162 1, 64 | the ~demons. Therefore the demons were at some time good.~
163 1, 64 | have maintained that the demons were wicked ~straightway
164 1, 64 | whereby the sins of ~the demons are understood by the term
165 1, 64 | good; whereas some of the demons ~were good, and some bad;
166 1, 64 | calling by the name of "demons" the ~intellectual substances
167 1, 64 | has been said (A[2]), ~the demons' sin was pride; and the
168 1, 64 | appears in this, that all the demons are ~subjects of that highest
169 1, 64 | Reply OBJ 1: Although the demons all sinned in the one instant,
170 1, 64 | it was not ~against the demons' pride for them to wish
171 1, 64 | are not attributed to ~demons; since they are derived
172 1, 65 | THE PUNISHMENT OF THE DEMONS (FOUR ARTICLES)~It now remains
173 1, 65 | with the punishment of the demons; ~under which heading there
174 1, 65 | Thes. Para. 1/1~Whether the demons' intellect is darkened by
175 1, 65 | It would seem that the demons' intellect is darkened by
176 1, 65 | substances. Therefore the demons are deprived of all knowledge
177 1, 65 | light of the sun. But ~the demons cannot know God, Who is
178 1, 65 | morning and evening. But the ~demons have no morning knowledge,
179 1, 65 | Gn. 1]). Therefore the demons can have no ~knowledge of
180 1, 65 | De Civ. Dei xi). ~But the demons are deprived of such knowledge: "
181 1, 65 | by ~discovery. Now, the demons cannot know the truth by
182 1, 65 | were ~bestowed upon the demons which, we say, have not
183 1, 65 | away nor ~lessened in the demons. For it follows from the
184 1, 65 | God remains also in the demons. Although they do not possess ~
185 1, 65 | as is the case with the demons, it is ~not called evening,
186 1, 65 | the Word, which vision the demons never had. Yet all the angels ~
187 1, 65 | apprehend it; hence the demons much less fully ~understood
188 1, 65 | Para. 1/1~Reply OBJ 5: The demons know a truth in three ways:
189 1, 65 | Whether the will of the demons is obstinate in evil?~Aquin.:
190 1, 65 | seem that the will of the demons is not obstinate in ~evil.
191 1, 65 | which nature remains in the demons, as we said above (A[1]).
192 1, 65 | to evil. ~Therefore the demons' will is not so obstinate
193 1, 65 | it is greater than the ~demons' malice, which is finite.
194 1, 65 | s mercy. Therefore the ~demons can likewise return from
195 1, 65 | 1~OBJ 3: Further, if the demons have a will obstinate in
196 1, 65 | Q[63], A[8]), the lower demons fell through the highest
197 1, 65 | of God" (Mk. 1:24). ~"The demons" also "believe and tremble" (
198 1, 65 | this is understood of the demons. ~Therefore they remain
199 1, 65 | Scripture, which declares that demons and wicked men ~shall be
200 1, 65 | and that the will ~of the demons is obstinate in evil.~Aquin.:
201 1, 65 | Whether there is sorrow in the demons?~Aquin.: SMT FP Q[64] A[
202 1, 65 | there is no sorrow in the demons. For since ~sorrow and joy
203 1, 65 | But there is joy in the demons: for Augustine writing against ~
204 1, 65 | there is no sorrow in the demons.~Aquin.: SMT FP Q[64] A[
205 1, 65 | there is no fear in the demons, according to Job 41:24, "
206 1, 65 | there is no grief in the demons.~Aquin.: SMT FP Q[64] A[
207 1, 65 | sorry for evil. But the demons ~can do no good action.
208 1, 65 | passions, cannot exist in the demons; for thus they are proper
209 1, 65 | will, they can be in the ~demons. And it must be said that
210 1, 65 | it is evident that the ~demons would wish many things not
211 1, 65 | As there is sorrow in the demons over present evil, so also ~
212 1, 65 | Whether our atmosphere is the demons' place of punishment?~Aquin.:
213 1, 65 | this atmosphere is not the demons' place of ~punishment. For
214 1, 65 | place of punishment for ~demons.~Aquin.: SMT FP Q[64] A[
215 1, 65 | sin is not graver than the demons'. But man's ~place of punishment
216 1, 65 | more, therefore, is it the demons' ~place of punishment; and
217 1, 65 | 1/1~OBJ 3: Further, the demons are punished with the pain
218 1, 65 | place of punishment for the demons.~Aquin.: SMT FP Q[64] A[
219 1, 65 | atmosphere is as a prison to the demons until the judgment day."~
220 1, 65 | punishment ~is due to the demons: one, by reason of their
221 1, 65 | angels and wrestling with demons ~endure until then. Hence
222 1, 65 | sent to us here; ~and the demons are in this dark atmosphere
223 1, 65 | order of nature, as ~the demons are over men in the order
224 1, 65 | that the pain of sense for demons and ~souls is postponed
225 1, 65 | of souls, admit it ~as to demons. But it is better to say
226 1, 65 | said, that although the ~demons are not actually bound within
227 1, 67 | says that Porphyry sets the demons apart from the ~angels by
228 1, 68 | darkness was not, for even the demons were ~in the beginning good,
229 1, 85 | or, by the influence of ~demons, when the imagination is
230 1, 85 | the future known to the ~demons, as explained above (Q[57],
231 1, 88 | which neither ~angels, nor demons, nor separated souls, know
232 1, 88 | accordance with the opinion that ~demons have bodies naturally united
233 1, 88 | thither, or by angels and demons, or even by "the revelation
234 1, 88 | apparition was procured by the demons; unless, indeed, the ~authority
235 1, 94 | sin; ~since even in the demons the natural gifts remained
236 1, 94 | state man could hate the demons' malice, as ~he could love
237 1, 104 | matter. Hence angels and demons operate on visible ~matter;
238 1, 107 | miracles, to coerce the demons, and the like; which do ~
239 1, 107 | lead on to good, so do the demons to ~what is evil. But it
240 1, 107 | bad men are ~changed into demons; for Chrysostom rejects
241 1, 107 | miracles, by coercing the demons, or by doing something of
242 1, 107 | transferred to the ~penalty of demons; but some erroneously stated
243 1, 107 | erroneously stated that the demons are ~nothing but souls of
244 1, 108 | there are orders among the demons?~(2) Whether among them
245 1, 108 | there are orders among the demons?~Aquin.: SMT FP Q[109] A[
246 1, 108 | are no orders among the demons. For ~order belongs to good,
247 1, 108 | under a hierarchy. But ~the demons are not in a hierarchy,
248 1, 108 | holiness. Therefore among the ~demons there are no orders.~Aquin.:
249 1, 108 | 1/1~OBJ 3: Further, the demons fell from every one of the
250 1, 108 | supposed. Therefore, if some demons are said to belong to an ~
251 1, 108 | perfection of glory, then the demons are not in the angelic orders,
252 1, 108 | grace, in ~that view the demons were at the time in the
253 1, 108 | so there is order in the demons, as ~possessing a good nature.~
254 1, 108 | consider the ordering of the demons on the part of ~God Who
255 1, 108 | sacred; for He uses the demons for Himself; ~but on the
256 1, 108 | but on the part of the demons' will it is not a sacred
257 1, 108 | Para. 1/1~Whether among the demons there is precedence?~Aquin.:
258 1, 108 | no precedence among the demons. For ~every precedence is
259 1, 108 | order of justice. But the demons ~are wholly fallen from
260 1, 108 | not to be found ~among the demons, according to the text, "
261 1, 108 | no precedence among ~the demons.~Aquin.: SMT FP Q[109] A[
262 1, 108 | in that case the superior demons who have sinned the most ~
263 1, 108 | no ~precedence among the demons.~Aquin.: SMT FP Q[109] A[
264 1, 108 | angels, men over men, and demons over demons."~Aquin.: SMT
265 1, 108 | over men, and demons over demons."~Aquin.: SMT FP Q[109]
266 1, 108 | have said (A[1]), that the demons are by natural order subject
267 1, 108 | natural ~disposition of the demons requires that there should
268 1, 108 | 1: The authority of the demons is not founded on their ~
269 1, 108 | OBJ 2: The concord of the demons, whereby some obey others,
270 1, 108 | Para. 1/1~Reply OBJ 3: The demons are not equal in nature;
271 1, 108 | is enlightenment in the demons?~Aquin.: SMT FP Q[109] A[
272 1, 108 | enlightenment is in the demons. For ~enlightenment means
273 1, 108 | Therefore the superior demons can enlighten the inferior.~
274 1, 108 | the moon. But the superior demons abound ~in the participation
275 1, 108 | seems that the ~superior demons can enlighten the inferior.~
276 1, 108 | cleanse does not befit the demons, ~according to the words: "
277 1, 108 | properly speaking among the ~demons. For, as above explained (
278 1, 108 | in the angels, or in the ~demons, because, as above explained (
279 1, 108 | natural light in the superior demons ~does not prove that they
280 1, 108 | their subjects. But the demons do much evil. Therefore
281 1, 108 | explained (A[2]). But if the demons fell from every order, as
282 1, 108 | commonly said, many of the demons are superior to many good
283 1, 108 | of which perfection the demons are deprived; and therefore ~
284 1, 108 | Divine justice requires ~the demons to do anything for the punishment
285 1, 108 | enlightenment on the part of the ~demons, for these do not direct
286 1, 108 | natural order presides over ~demons, although these may be naturally
287 1, 109 | it is to preside over the demons are of ~the order of the "
288 1, 109 | because they are "heard by the demons," as he says elsewhere in
289 1, 109 | Augustine]. Therefore the demons can work miracles. Therefore
290 1, 109 | Therefore the angels and demons ~can work miracles.~Aquin.:
291 1, 109 | regards ourselves. So when the demons do ~anything of their own
292 1, 109 | work miracles through the demons; and these are said to be
293 1, 110 | passion is contrived by the demons and put into men" (De Fide ~
294 1, 112 | the "Powers" to coerce the demons, the "Virtues" to work ~
295 1, 112 | necessary to coerce the demons, which belongs most of all
296 1, 112 | Virtues"; and likewise the demons by the "Powers," and the
297 1, 112 | lowest order can coerce the ~demons, and work miracles.~Aquin.:
298 1, 112 | against the assaults of the demons. ~But men who are foreknown
299 1, 112 | account ~of the snares of the demons; as was proved by the event.
300 1, 112 | and others. For even the ~demons are held off by the good
301 1, 112 | instance to ward off the demons, ~and to prevent both bodily
302 1, 112 | 1/1~On the contrary, The demons are ever assailing us, according
303 1, 112 | caused by ~some prince of the demons having led the Jewish captives
304 1, 113 | OF THE ASSAULTS OF THE DEMONS (FIVE ARTICLES) ~We now
305 1, 113 | consider the assaults of the demons. Under this head there are ~
306 1, 113 | men are assailed by the demons?~(2) Whether to tempt is
307 1, 113 | assaults or ~temptations of the demons?~(4) Whether they can work
308 1, 113 | astray?~(5) Whether the demons who are overcome by men,
309 1, 113 | men are assailed by the demons?~Aquin.: SMT FP Q[114] A[
310 1, 113 | are not assailed by the demons. For angels ~are sent by
311 1, 113 | by God to guard man. But demons are not sent by God: for
312 1, 113 | not sent by God: for the ~demons' intention is the loss of
313 1, 113 | salvation of ~souls. Therefore demons are not deputed to assail
314 1, 113 | and ~ignorant, whereas the demons are strong and astute. It
315 1, 113 | men should be ~assailed by demons.~Aquin.: SMT FP Q[114] A[
316 1, 113 | them to be assailed by the ~demons.~Aquin.: SMT FP Q[114] A[
317 1, 113 | considered in the assault of the ~demons - the assault itself, and
318 1, 113 | due to the malice of the demons, who through envy endeavor
319 1, 113 | author. Nevertheless the demons who are sent to punish,
320 1, 113 | sign of ignorance. But the demons know ~what happens among
321 1, 113 | among men. Therefore the demons do not tempt.~Aquin.: SMT
322 1, 113 | will. Since therefore the demons cannot change man's will,
323 1, 113 | Para. 1/1~Reply OBJ 2: The demons know what happens outwardly
324 1, 113 | that "the multitude of demons is ~the cause of all evils,
325 1, 113 | deputed to guard men, so demons are ~deputed to assail men.
326 1, 113 | sins are not due to the demons' ~instigation. Nevertheless
327 1, 113 | not sometimes ~due to the demons' suggestion.~Aquin.: SMT
328 1, 113 | Thes. Para. 1/1~Whether demons can lead men astray by means
329 1, 113 | It would seem that the demons cannot lead men astray by
330 1, 113 | For the activity of the demons will show itself especially ~
331 1, 113 | therefore at other times do the demons ~perform lying wonders.~
332 1, 113 | some corporeal change. But ~demons are unable to change the
333 1, 113 | or power." Therefore the ~demons cannot work real miracles. ~
334 1, 113 | miracles can be wrought by demons, to persuade one of what ~
335 1, 113 | in the strict sense, the demons cannot work ~miracles, nor
336 1, 113 | and experience. And thus demons can work miracles, that
337 1, 113 | although these works of demons which ~appear marvelous
338 1, 113 | magicians of Pharaoh by the demons' ~power produced real serpents
339 1, 113 | angels at their will, so that demons be able ~by their power
340 1, 113 | by the operation of the ~demons, by the employment of these
341 1, 113 | by the ~operation of the demons; for instance, that the
342 1, 113 | effected by the ~operation of demons, it is not real but a mere
343 1, 113 | Therefore the conquered demons are not prevented from ~
344 1, 114 | human acts?~(5) Whether demons are subject to their influence?~(
345 1, 114 | Trin. iii, 8,9) says that demons produce ~certain results
346 1, 114 | results, we speak of the demons as employing seeds.~Aquin.:
347 1, 114 | heavenly bodies can act on the demons?~Aquin.: SMT FP Q[115] A[
348 1, 114 | heavenly bodies can act on the demons. For the ~demons, according
349 1, 114 | on the demons. For the ~demons, according to certain phases
350 1, 114 | heavenly bodies. ~Therefore the demons are subject to them.~Aquin.:
351 1, 114 | in order to ~invoke the demons. But these would not be
352 1, 114 | inferior bodies. ~But the demons are confined to certain
353 1, 114 | more ~therefore are the demons subject to the action of
354 1, 114 | 1/1~On the contrary, The demons are superior in the order
355 1, 114 | xii, 16). Therefore the demons are not subject to the ~
356 1, 114 | three opinions about the demons. In the ~first place the
357 1, 114 | denied the existence of demons; and held ~that what is
358 1, 114 | what is ascribed to the demons, according to the necromantic
359 1, 114 | many things are done by demons, for which the power of ~
360 1, 114 | Platonists were led to hold that demons are "animals ~with an aerial
361 1, 114 | which it could be said that demons are ~subject to heavenly
362 1, 114 | A[1]): for we hold that demons are spiritual ~substances
363 1, 114 | Para. 1/1~Reply OBJ 1: That demons harass men, according to
364 1, 114 | culminate: ~wherefore the demons, according to certain phases
365 1, 114 | 2 Para. 1/1~Reply OBJ 2: Demons when summoned through certain
366 1, 114 | De Civ. Dei xxi, 6), the "demons are ~enticed through various
367 1, 115 | by ~the ingenuity of the demons, whether by some of these,
368 1, 116 | hidden deed, the spiteful demons ~co-operate in this, as
369 1, 116 | xxviii in Matt.) say, the demons often pretend to be the
370 2, 63 | by sin, since even in the demons natural gifts remain, ~as
371 2, 80 | humors can be procured by the demons, whether man sleep or wake:
372 2, 80 | iv) that the "crowd of demons ~are the cause of all evils,
373 2, 80 | Reply OBJ 1: The crowd of demons are the cause of all our
374 2, 89 | Para. 1/1~Reply OBJ 3: The demons incite man to all such things
375 2, 100 | into a compact with the demons.~Aquin.: SMT FS Q[100] A[
376 2, 102 | reverenced the ram (because ~demons appeared under the form
377 2, 102 | indeed to offer it to the demons, ~whom the Gentiles worshipped
378 2, 5 | state?~(2) Whether the demons have faith?~(3) Whether
379 2, 5 | Para. 1/1~Whether in the demons there is faith?~Aquin.:
380 2, 5 | It would seem that the demons have no faith. For Augustine
381 2, 5 | no deliberate will of the demons is good, as stated above (
382 2, 5 | 5), it seems that in the demons there is no faith.~Aquin.:
383 2, 5 | husks of the grapes," the demons lost their gifts of grace
384 2, 5 | faith did not remain in the demons after they sinned.~Aquin.:
385 2, 5 | men. ~Consequently, if the demons have faith, some men would
386 2, 5 | graver than that of the demons, which seems unreasonable.
387 2, 5 | unreasonable. Therefore in ~the demons there is no faith.~Aquin.:
388 2, 5 | way faith is not in the demons, but ~only in the second
389 2, 5 | Para. 1/1~Reply OBJ 1: The demons are, in a way, compelled
390 2, 5 | Consequently the faith which the demons have, is not a gift of ~
391 2, 5 | are so evident, that ~the demons are compelled to believe,
392 2, 18 | good, since it is in ~the demons, according to James 2:19, "
393 2, 24 | Whether we ought to love the demons?~(12) How to enumerate the
394 2, 24 | we are bound to love the demons out of charity?~Aquin.:
395 2, 24 | that we ought to love the demons out of charity. ~For the
396 2, 24 | a rational mind. But the demons also share in our fellowship
397 2, 24 | Therefore we ought to love the demons ~out of charity.~Aquin.:
398 2, 24 | 1/1~OBJ 2: Further, the demons differ from the blessed
399 2, 24 | Therefore he ought to love the demons also out of charity.~Aquin.:
400 2, 24 | quoted above (A[9]). Now the demons are useful to us in many ~
401 2, 24 | Therefore we ought to love the demons out of ~charity.~Aquin.:
402 2, 24 | to have charity for the demons who live in hell and compass
403 2, 24 | deformed by sin, wherefore demons ~should not be loved out
404 2, 24 | whether the spirits called demons ought to be ~loved out of
405 2, 24 | of charity towards the ~demons. For it is an essential
406 2, 24 | love ~the nature of the demons even out of charity, in
407 2, 24 | angels, but not towards the demons.~Aquin.: SMT SS Q[25] A[
408 2, 24 | in the same case as the demons.~Aquin.: SMT SS Q[25] A[
409 2, 24 | 1~Reply OBJ 3: That the demons are useful to us is due
410 2, 75 | produced by the art of the demons.~Aquin.: SMT SS Q[77] A[
411 2, 76 | his sin of swearing by demons, but to his good compact
412 2, 83 | De Civ. Dei x, 19), "the demons rejoice, not in the stench
413 2, 88 | is lawful to adjure the demons?~(3) Whether it is lawful
414 2, 88 | is lawful to adjure the demons?~Aquin.: SMT SS Q[90] A[
415 2, 88 | seem unlawful to adjure the demons. Origen says (Tract. ~xxxv,
416 2, 88 | Matth.): "To adjure the demons is not accordance with the ~
417 2, 88 | not lawful to adjure the demons.~Aquin.: SMT SS Q[90] A[
418 2, 88 | incantations when invoking ~the demons by something Divine: and
419 2, 88 | be lawful to adjure the demons, it is lawful to make use
420 2, 88 | have fellowship with the ~demons, according to 1 Cor. 10:
421 2, 88 | not lawful to adjure the demons.~Aquin.: SMT SS Q[90] A[
422 2, 88 | is lawful to adjure the demons.~Aquin.: SMT SS Q[90] A[
423 2, 88 | not ~lawful to adjure the demons because such a way seems
424 2, 88 | unlawful to bear towards the ~demons. As to the second kind of
425 2, 88 | course of this life the demons are our adversaries: and
426 2, 88 | Accordingly we may repulse the demons, as being our ~enemies,
427 2, 88 | revelation, make use of the ~demons' actions in order to obtain
428 2, 88 | instrumentality of the demons.~Aquin.: SMT SS Q[90] A[
429 2, 88 | Necromancers adjure and invoke the demons in order to ~obtain or learn
430 2, 88 | here, lest we believe the demons, ~however much they speak
431 2, 88 | other hand, to repulse the demons by ~adjuring them, is to
432 2, 88 | whereby the power of the demons is expelled from ~an irrational
433 2, 88 | not lawful to adjure the demons by ~beseeching them to help
434 2, 90 | superstition, which consults the demons through ~compacts made with
435 2, 90 | or covenant made with the demons for the purpose ~of consultation
436 2, 90 | on certain actions of the demons: ~and thus they pertain
437 2, 92 | effects by the power of the demons: wherefore they deemed that ~
438 2, 92 | bodies, and beneath these the demons which they ~stated to be
439 2, 92 | fellowship of the gods or of the demons by reason of the merit of
440 2, 92 | except from their" (i.e. the ~demons') "teaching, what each of
441 2, 92 | was on the part of ~the demons, who offered themselves
442 2, 93 | Of divination by means of demons;~(5) Of divination by the
443 2, 93 | is an operation of ~the demons in the administering of
444 2, 93 | enslaved ~themselves to the demons, by means of lots, omens,
445 2, 93 | by the operation of ~the demons." Now, according to Augustine (
446 2, 93 | from fellowship between demons and men is ~superstitious."
447 2, 93 | idolatrous ~sacrifices offered to demons, but also recourse to the
448 2, 93 | recourse to the help of the demons ~for the purpose of doing
449 2, 93 | divination results ~from the demons' operation, either because
450 2, 93 | operation, either because the demons are expressly ~invoked that
451 2, 93 | made known, or because the demons thrust ~themselves into
452 2, 93 | pertains to the worship of the ~demons, inasmuch as one enters
453 2, 93 | tacit or express with the ~demons.~Aquin.: SMT SS Q[95] A[
454 2, 93 | entering into compact with the ~demons in order to know the future.
455 2, 93 | the FP, Q[57], A[3]. When demons are expressly invoked, they
456 2, 93 | sacrificed on the altars of demons, "aruspicy."~Aquin.: SMT
457 2, 93 | express invocation of the ~demons is of two kinds. The first
458 2, 93 | express ~invocation of the demons, belongs that which is practiced
459 2, 93 | The ~first is when the demons are invoked openly, this
460 2, 93 | grievous to invoke ~the demons than to do things that deserve
461 2, 93 | things that deserve the demons' interference.~Aquin.: SMT
462 2, 93 | practiced by invoking the demons is unlawful?~Aquin.: SMT
463 2, 93 | practiced by invoking the demons is ~not unlawful. Christ
464 2, 93 | seems lawful to question the demons about the occult.~Aquin.:
465 2, 93 | consists in ~questioning demons is not unlawful.~Aquin.:
466 2, 93 | can be known through the demons, as in the discovery ~of
467 2, 93 | divination by questioning demons is not unlawful.~Aquin.:
468 2, 93 | All divination by invoking demons is unlawful for two ~reasons.
469 2, 93 | seek knowledge from the demons."~Aquin.: SMT SS Q[95] A[
470 2, 93 | a compact made with the demons. But divination by the stars ~
471 2, 93 | the interference of the demons. ~Hence Augustine says (
472 2, 93 | soul become the dupe of the demons and by making a compact
473 2, 93 | due to the ~action of the demons that certain images appear
474 2, 93 | by a revelation ~of the demons, with whom a compact has
475 2, 93 | and ~vomited Jonas, or by demons, who make use of these actions
476 2, 93 | according to the action of the demons.~Aquin.: SMT SS Q[95] A[
477 2, 93 | the interference of the demons, ~so that a divination of
478 2, 93 | is sometimes ascribed to demons. Thus we read (Ezech. 21:
479 2, 93 | recourse to consulting the demons, yet does this custom ~also
480 2, 94 | wrong to inquire of the demons concerning the future is
481 2, 94 | being proper to God. Yet the demons ~know scientific truths:
482 2, 94 | more ~to the knowledge of demons, who are of keener intellect,
483 2, 94 | its result ~through the demons.~Aquin.: SMT SS Q[96] A[
484 2, 94 | which search relies on the demons' help. Now through the observances
485 2, 94 | upon by compact with the demons" [*Augustine, De Doctr. ~
486 2, 94 | or covenant made with the demons for the purpose of ~consultation
487 2, 94 | either from God or from the demons. Now ~it is certain that
488 2, 94 | it does not belong to the demons to enlighten the ~intellect,
489 2, 94 | knowledge by means of the demons. ~Hence Augustine says (
490 2, 94 | the ~operations "of the demons, so as to be fitted to see
491 2, 94 | scientific conclusions. The demons may, ~however, be able by
492 2, 94 | knowledge of the future from the demons is a sin ~not only because
493 2, 94 | 1/1~OBJ 3: Further, the demons too are able to alter bodies
494 2, 94 | tokens entered into with the demons" [*Augustine, De Doctr.
495 2, 94 | Civ. Dei xxi, 6): "The ~demons are allured by means of
496 2, 94 | are to be ascribed to the demons, who delude the souls that
497 2, 94 | from the actions of the demons: a sign of this is that
498 2, 94 | agreements made with the demons: whereas ~in the other images
499 2, 94 | divine majesty, to Whom the ~demons are subject, that God should
500 2, 94 | entrusted with power over the demons, to ~employ them to whatsoever
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