FOOTNOTES:
[491] S. Luke x. 42.
[492] Conf., ii. 2.
[493] Hom. V., On Ezechiel.
[494] Of the Divine Names, vii.
[495] Extrav. Of Regulars and of those who pass to the Religious Orders, cap. Licet.
[496] xii. 4.
[497] lviii. 5.
INDEX
Abiding in Christ, [32]
Abraham in Limbo, [155]
Accidents of the Holy Eucharist, [9]
Active Life, the: its meaning, [170], [174], [176], [221], [229];
typified in Jacob's Vision, [231];
typified by Lia, [174], [222], [225], [234], [242], [246];
two features of the Active Life, [221], [241], [247];
in what sense it is distinct from the Contemplative Life, [220];
how less meritorious than the Contemplative Life, [240-244];
not preferable to the Contemplative Life, [233-240];
it involves less sacrifice than the Contemplative Life, [244];
in what sense it precedes the Contemplative Life, [223], [237], [245], [249-252];
how far it is necessary, [186], [221], [239], [245], [250];
contrasted with the Contemplative Life, [172], [173];
how far it is more stable than the Contemplative Life, [232];
its dangers, [136], [147], [186];
it is a burden super-imposed upon the Contemplative Life, [238];
all are not meant for it, [186], [251], [252];
it will not persist after this life, [229-232];
the Active Life of the Angels, [231];
how far the Active Life is inferior to the Contemplative, [233-240];
occasions when it must be embraced, [186], [235], [239];
the part which the Moral Virtues play in it, [191], [220-223];
it is a preparation for the Contemplative Life, [176], [177], [220], [237], [245];
prudence is requisite for it, [186], [223-226];
how far the teaching life pertains to the Active Life, [226-229], [230];
it will pass away, [177], [191], [229-232];
it is the Purgative way, [220];
Prelates and the Active Life, [236]
Active Religious Orders, they are inferior to the Contemplative, [253-257]
Adjure God, in what sense we are said to do so in our prayers, [148]
Adoration of the Cross, [37]
Adoro Te Devote, the rhythm of St. Thomas in honour of the Holy Eucharist, [112]
Albert of Brescia, O.P., [18]
Albert the Great, Blessed, [6]
Alypius, St. Augustine's friend, [123]
Ambrose, St.: on God as the cause of devotion, [57];
that the beauty of the soul depends on the Moral Virtues, [184]
Andronicus on the meaning of sanctity, [49]
Angels, the: how they are differentiated from men, [113], [114], [187], [206];
the knowledge of the Angels, [157], [187], [205], [208], [230];
the Beatific Vision of the Angels, [231];
the intelligence of the Angels, [187], [230];
the intercession of the Angels, [165];
their conformity to the will of God, [165], [167];
the Angelic Hierarchies, [201], [230];
the teaching of the Angels [230], [231];
the Active Life of the Angels, [231];
we shall be like to the Angels, how, [230], [231];
Angels gird St. Thomas, [6]
Anselm of Laudun, [25]
Antony, St.: a patron against Hell-fire, [160];
on discretion, [154], [157]
Areopagite. Cf. s.v. [Denis the Areopagite]
Aristotle: on the aptitude for virtue, [35];
on honour, [39];
that the perfection of the moral virtues lies in their mean, [43];
on Justice, [55], [221];
that "reason asks for the best things," [69];
on the need of temporal things, [89];
that "each man's life is that which he would wish to share with his friend," [170];
that "to live is to be," [170];
on action and contemplation as distinctions in the intellectual life, [171];
that life is primarily in the vegetative soul, [171];
on three kinds of lives, [175];
that knowledge has little to do with the moral virtues, [182], [221];
that every act of the intellect may be termed "consideration," [188];
that the ultimate happiness of man consists in the contemplation of the highest truth, [193];
of man's dependence on the imagination, [201];
that motion is the act of a perfect thing, [203];
on local motion as the chief of bodily motions, [204];
that delight follows upon a perfect work, [213];
on the nobility of science, [214];
that there is no pleasure contrary to that derived from thought, [217];
on application to the Contemplative Life, [217];
that the Contemplative Life is "beyond man," [218];
that prudence pertains to active happiness, [223];
that he who commits adultery to steal is more a thief than an adulterer, [223];
that prudence is the right mode of procedure in our actions, [224];
that the ends of the moral virtues are the principles of prudence, [224];
that the proof of the possession of wisdom is the power to teach, [228];
eight proofs that the Contemplative Life is superior to the Active, [234], [235];
on the better lot, [236];
that habits produce perfect acts, [251]
Arius, his error regarding the Person of Christ, [161]
Athanasius, St., on the chanting of the Psalms, [123]
Attention: mental, [225];
in prayer, [125-133];
three kinds of, [128], [129], [133]
Attitudes in prayer, [150], [151]
Augustine, St.: St. Thomas's kinship with him in doctrine, [17-19];
they are seen in a vision together, [18];
the Breviary Hymn to, [26];
definition of religion, [28], [29], [30];
on Latvia, [30];
on Eusebeia, [31];
on abiding in Christ, [32];
on the desire of God, [32];
on prayer for wealth, [33];
on sacrifice, [32], [46];
of true worship, [40];
of idolatry, [46];
on the value of external acts in prayer, [46];
of virginity, [50];
on "God alone," [54], [92], [108], [142], [197], [189], [203], [219];
on the will and the understanding, [57];
on true grief, [65];
prayer defined, [69];
why we should pray, [75];
on the prayers of the Church, [76];
when we pray we are God's beggars, [79], [110];
of those who say "He knows already; why then pray?" [80];
of the knowledge the dead have of our affairs, [82];
on shrinking from death, [83];
on avoidance of Hell, [86];
of the Beatific Vision, [87], [229];
a prayer for continence, [87];
and for the knowledge of Holy Scripture, [88];
it is lawful to pray for what it is lawful to desire, [89];
on prayer for "sufficiency of life," [89];
on "seeking first the Kingdom of God," [90];
on prayer "without ceasing," [91];
of the prayer of desire, [92], [134];
his prayer for deliverance from toothache, [92];
why temporal favours are sometimes not granted, [94], [95];
on prayer for others, [96];
that we cannot here distinguish between the predestinate and the reprobate, [97];
on the imprecations in Holy Scripture, [100], [101];
on prayer for the wicked, [101];
on the Lord's Prayer, that it is the most perfect form of prayer, [102];
on "our Daily Bread," [103], [109];
"hallowed be Thy Name," [104];
"Thy kingdom come," [105];
"Thy will be done," [105];
"forgive us our trespasses," [110], [111];
of the Lord's Prayer and the gifts of the Holy Spirit, [106];
of the two versions of the Lord's Prayer in St. Matthew and St. Luke, [107];
on true righteousness, [111];
on exterior religion, [119];
on the chanting of the Psalter, [123];
on the prayer of the heart, [124];
on distractions, [129-131];
on prayer at definite times, [134];
on the brief prayers of the hermits of old, [134];
on "much speaking" in prayer, [135];
that God urges us to pray, [138], [139];
that prayer is a gift of God, [139];
on unheard prayers, [140], [142];
on prayers heard in anger, [142], [143];
in what sense the prayers of sinners are heard, [143], [144];
on the attitudes to be adopted in and of the time and place for prayer, [127], [150], [151];
of the knowledge of the Saints in Limbo, [154-156];
why the prayers of the Saints are heard, [167];
the Contemplative contrasted with the Active Life, [172-174], [186];
the three "lives," [175], [185];
the "mixed" life, [226];
of the final possession and vision of God, [176], [177], [191], [203];
on the use of leisure, [186];
the claims of the two lives, the Active and the Contemplative, [186], [248];
of the Active Life, [236];
of the Active Life as opposed to the Contemplative, [238];
that every operation of the intellect may be termed "thought," [188];
of the derivation of the term "speculation," [189];
of our present perfection, [190], [191];
on the pleasures of sense, [185];
that the contemplation of God is the goal of all our acts, [193];
that we must use created things as stepping-stones to the things that abide for ever, [193];
on Mary's "better part," [196], [197];
on Martha and Mary, [234], [235], [248];
that in contemplation we do not see God Himself, [199];
the greater the danger in the battle, the greater the joy in the triumph, [212];
on the transitory nature of our present contemplation, [218];
on the beauty of the teaching life, [227];
how the moral virtues remain after death, [230];
of the repose of Contemplation, [230], [241];
of his desire for solitude, yet he feels that he must work for others, [239];
he dare hope for the Contemplative Life, [240];
of the higher reason, [249]
Basil, St.: on distractions, [127], [128];
on unheard prayers, [141]
Beatific Vision, the, [87], [153], [172], [176], [177], [180], [181], [193], [198-203], [217]
Beatitude, in what it consists, [172], [176], [177], [181], [191], [198], [218], [219], [229]
Beatitude, a prayer for, [192]
Beauty, definition of, [185]
Benedict, St., the vision of, [202]
Bernard, St.: on the meaning of contemplation, [188], [189];
of the steps in contemplation, [194]
Bestial Life, the, [175]
Birds, the movements of, [209]
Blood of Christ, the, [163]
Boëthius, on the liberty needful for contemplation, [237]
Cajetan, O.P., Cardinal, [19], [20];
on the meaning of Religion, [50];
on the meaning of devotion, [53], [54];
on its causes, [60];
on devotion as opposed to gloom, [64];
of the "devout female sex," [62];
of the need of meditation, [61];
of prayer as the cause of union with God, [71];
of prayer as a real cause, [74];
on three points to be considered in prayer, [78];
on prayer as a sacrifice, [79];
of the divisions of the Lord's Prayer, [107], [108];
how those in Limbo can hear prayers, [118];
on vocal prayer, [121], [123];
on the tone to be employed in saying Mass, [122];
the function of ecclesiastical chant, [122], [124];
on attention in recitation of Divine Office, [128];
on attention to the words of Consecration, [149], [150];
of the need of the moral virtues in the Contemplative Life, [239];
the Parable of the Ten Virgins, [247];
on the real object of prayer, [129]
Canticle of Canticles, the, [14]
Cassian, the Conferences of: on St. Antony and discretion, [254], [257];
on different kinds of prayer, [148]
Cassiodorus on Ps. xxxviii. [13], [68]
Cato on respect for parents, [30]
Ceremonial, the value of, [35]
Chant of the Church, the Public, [122], [123]
Charity as the principle of religion, [56].
Cf. s.v. [Theological virtues]
"Christ, pray for us," why we do not say, [160], [161]
Christ, the Name of, on the foreheads of Christians, [219]
Chrysostom, St.: the Opus Imperfectum in Matthæum falsely attributed to him, [24];
on prayer as a conversation with God, [74];
on prayer for others, [95];
in public, [121];
on prayer for sinners, [143];
on prayer through Jesus Christ, [145];
on the zeal of S. Paul, [242]
Church customs, [158], [163]
Church, the prayers of the, [81]
Cicero, on religion, [27];
on prudence and intellectual quickness, [224]
Circular movement of the soul, [172], [203-210]
Cleanness, [47], [184]
Colere, [31]
Collect for Friday in September Ember Week, [147];
for Trinity Sunday, [147], [148]
Compline, St. Thomas's devotion at, [14]
Communion of Saints, [158], [164]
Conformity to the will of God, [86]
Consecration, the Prayer of the, [147], [149], [150]
Contemplation and the Contemplative Life: the meaning of contemplation, [188], [189], [196], [201], [202], [211], [230], [234], [235], [237];
it is something beautiful in the soul, [184];
not purely an affair of the intellect, [179-182], [189];
its relation to the affective powers, [211];
the place which reason occupies in contemplation, [195], [210], [211], [225], [226], [249];
the place occupied by the imagination, [195];
in what sense contemplation involves many acts, [187-192];
how far contemplation may be described according to the three species of motion—circular, direct, and oblique, [172], [203-210];
contemplation is natural to man, [210];
it is pleasurable, [211];
it is primarily concerned with God, [180], [241], [250];
it does not, in this present life, fall on the Divine Essence as such, [199-203];
its ultimate goal, [180], [184], [187], [193], [194], [196], [198], [203], [229];
its ultimate goal in this life, [212], [220];
how it is distinguished from meditation and thought, [188];
and from speculation, [189];
four integral parts of contemplation, [193], [194];
four phases in it, [194];
six steps in it, [195], [196];
the contemplation of this present life, [193], [213], [214];
not on earth as in Heaven, [176], [177], [217], [243];
it is "beyond man," [218];
a busy life does not exclude it, [238];
it is lawful to desire it, [240];
contemplation and ecstasy, [200];
four subjects of contemplation, [194];
the repose of contemplation, in what it consists, [204], [205], [234], [235], [246]
The Contemplative Life: its meaning, [184], [186], [237], [250];
how it is distinguished from the Active Life, [169], [173], [220], [234], [235];
it is superior to the Active Life, [233-240];
it is more meritorious than it, [240-244];
its great merit, [242];
it is prepared for in the Active Life, [239], [245-249];
the Active Life precedes it, [249-252];
the Contemplative Life directs the Active, [251];
the relation of the Contemplative Life to the Theological virtues, [192];
and to the Moral virtues, [182-186], [221], [222], [239];
it demands temperance, [184], [185];
and chastity, which it in turn fosters, [184], [185];
it calls for the subjection of the passions, [184], [185];
it results in the subjugation of the passions, [213];
it involves a certain liberty of spirit, [234], [237];
it is often distasteful, [215], [216];
it means the sacrifice of our own soul, [244];
its joys, [177], [197], [210-216], [234], [248];
its combats, [212], [213];
it is imperfect here on earth, [243];
it is not incompatible with Prelacy, [236];
its relation to the office of teaching, [236-239];
it is not meant for all, [235], [236], [239], [241], [251], [252];
reading is sometimes necessary for it, [190];
how far it refrains from all external actions, [182];
it is typified by Rachel, [174], [180], [184], [234], [242];
also by Mary of Bethany, [174], [190], [197], [234], [235], [248];
it is foreshown in Jacob's Vision, [231]
Contemplative Religious Orders: in what sense they are the best, [253-257]
Contemplatives, [32]
Continence, a prayer for, [87]
Conversation, sins of, [110]
Correction, fraternal, [97]
Created things must serve as stepping-stones, [193]
Cross, Adoration of the, [37]
Cultus, [31]
Cyprian, St., on Our Father, not My Father, [96]
Damascene, St. John: on Wonderment, [189];
definitions of prayer, [69], [71], [85], [142], [148]
Dead, Prayers for the, [167], [168]
Death, fear of, [83]
Decii, the, [52]
Defects, the thought of our, causes devotion, [63], [64]
Delights, earthly, as opposed to heavenly, [215], [216]
Denis the Areopagite, [24];
on sanctity, [49];
on ecstasy, [55];
on beginning all with prayer, [70];
on being co-workers with God, [154];
of the knowledge of the Angels, [157];
of the harmony in Divine things, [158];
that life implies motion, [171];
on the three movements of the soul, [172], [203-210];
of the difference between the Angelic and the human intellect, [186];
that the goal of contemplation is to attain to the uniformity of the Divine contemplation, [218];
that in contemplation here on earth we do not see the Divine Essence, [200];
on the illumination of the Angels, [230];
of the Divine harmony, [255]
Desires, their function and necessity, [77], [91], [105]
Devotion: defined, [51], [53], [55], [57], [64];
is a special act, [51];
is due to an act of the will, [53], [57];
is an act of the virtue of Religion, [57];
is the principal act of the virtue of Religion, [54];
involves sacrifice of the heart, [64];
it gives a certain measure to human acts, [52];
it means promptitude, [53], [55], [56], [57];
two causes of it, [57], [62], [63];
caused by meditation, [57];
especially by meditation on the Sacred Passion, [59], [63];
on the goodness of God, [58], [60];
on our own defects, [58], [60];
obstacles to it, [62];
how far it may be hindered by learning, [60];
it is productive of sorrow, [62-64];
but is not therefore to be confounded with gloominess, [64], [65];
it produces joy, [62], [63];
devotion to the Saints, [57];
the devotion of women, [59], [62];
the "devout female sex," [62]
Direct movement of the soul, the, [172], [210-213]
Discretion, St. Antony on, [254], [257]
Distractions, [127]. Cf. s.v. [Prayer, distractions in]
Divine Office, attention in the recitation of, [128]
Dulia, [39]
Ecstasy, [4];
Denis the Areopagite on, [55];
that of St. Paul, [199], [200]
Ejaculatory prayers, [134], [135]
Enemies, prayer for, [99];
love of our, [99]
Eternity: the "repose" of, [86], [87], [92];
the "silence" of, [87]
Etymologies, those of St. Thomas and St. Isidore, [24]
Eucharist, the Holy: the Accidents of, [9];
St. Thomas's reception of It as Viaticum, [15];
the "Chief" of the Sacraments, [103];
our "Daily Bread," [103], [109];
the rhythm, Adoro Te Devote, [112]
Eusebeia, [31]
Example, the force of, [222]
Exterior religion, [45]
External actions, [182], [183]
Extraordinary ways of God, the, [3]
Faber, Father, [2]
Faith, [191], [192]
Faith and Vision, [87]
Fasting, [63]
Fear, [189];
the gift of fear, [34];
fear of death, [23];
of Hell, [36]
Female sex, the "devout," [62]
"Forgive us our trespasses," [110], [111]
Fossa Nuova, [14]
Frederic, the Emperor, [8]
Friendship, [56]
Gifts of God, [92];
of the Holy Spirit, [105], [106]
Gloom, not a characteristic of the Saints, [64], [65]
Gloss, the, on Holy Scripture, [24], [25]
God: God alone, [92], [247];
in what sense we "adjure" Him in our prayers, [148];
by prayer we become His beggars, [79], [110];
He is not changed by our prayers, [86], [107];
does not need our external acts of religion, [43], [46];
His foreknowledge involves no compulsion, [72];
His goodness is a reason for prayer, [107], [149];
His Holiness is a reason for prayer, [147];
the harmony of Divine things, [158], [159];
He knows beforehand what we seek, [80], [161];
He knows the heart, [157];
the majesty of God, [189];
the Patience of God, [130];
we do not pray to Him alone, [80-84];
He does not always hear our prayers, [142], [143];
why He wishes us to pray, [74], [86], [107], [138];
He does not profit by our service, [43];
on seeking after God, [54], [134], [179], [180], [183], [192];
He is the First Principle, [180];
the Ultimate End, [182];
ultimate union with Him, [109], [191];
union with Him, [69], [208];
we can hope for it, [240];
hindrances to it, [103], [104];
the Vision of God, [153], [155], [163], [172], [177], [180], [181].
Cf. s.v. [Beatific Vision]; the Antecedent Will of God, [163]
Greeks, On the Errors of the, St. Thomas's treatise on, [14]
Gregory the Great, St.: on Lia as the type of the Active Life, [222], [225], [234], [242], [246];
of Martha and Mary as types of the Active and the Contemplative Life respectively, [174];
on attention at prayer, [126];
on the intercession of the Angels, [165];
on the conformity of the Angels to God's Will, [167];
how the prayers of the Saints avail, [167];
that the Contemplative Life is occupied with God alone, [180], [184], [192];
that contemplation in this life does not attain to the Divine Essence, [199], [200];
that contemplation excludes all images, [201];
of St. Benedict's vision, [202];
on the true sweetness of contemplation, [210];
contemplation springs from and leads to love of God, [212];
on the combats of the Contemplative Life, [212];
that knowledge of God brings about the death of all carnal desires, [213];
of the joys of the spiritual life, [215], [216];
on disgust for spiritual things [215], [216];
of the Active Life, [221], [225];
on teaching as falling under the Active Life, [226];
as due to contemplation, [227];
that the Active Life passes away, not so the Contemplative Life, [229];
of the Contemplation of the Angels, [231];
on the instability of our present contemplation, [232], [243];
of the merits of the Contemplative Life, [240], [241];
that those who are Superiors can still practise the Contemplative Life, [236];
that the Active Life precedes the Contemplative, [224], [245], [249];
of zeal for souls, [243], [244];
of the necessity of the Active Life, [250];
contemplata aliis tradere, [254];
that the Blessed in Heaven know our needs, [82];
not all are called to the Contemplative Life, [251], [252]
Gregory of Nyssa, St., of joys and sorrows, [64]
Gregory X., Pope, [14]
Guidonis, Bernard, [6]
Habits, [35], [251]
Harmony of Divine things, [158], [159]
Harmony of reason, the, [183]
Heaven: there will be no books in, [111];
it is our "Fatherland," [166-168], [173]
Holiness, [184]
Hope, [191], [192]
Hugo à St. Caro, [6], [25]
Hugh of St. Victor's: on attention at prayer, [126];
on intensity, [126]
Idolatry, [46]
Images, veneration of, [37]
Imagination, its function, [195], [201]
Imprecations in Holy Scripture, [100]
Indulgences, [168]
Ingratitude, [94]
"Insinuation" in prayer, [141]
Intelligence, quickness of, [224]
Intellect, the noblest part of man, [79], [80]
Intention, [133]
"Intercession" as a part of prayer, [146]
Intercession of the Saints, [161]
Interior Spirit, the true, [247]
Interpretive prayer, [163]
Isaias, St. Thomas's Commentary on, [10]
Isidore of Seville, St.: his etymologies, [24];
on religion, [27];
on the word sanctus, [48];
on prayer, [68]
Jacob's Vision, [231]
Jeremias prays for the people, though he is in Limbo, [115], [118], [162]
Jerome, St.: on the error of Vigilantius, who said the prayers of the Martyrs were not heard, [115], [162];
on making "a virtue of necessity," [35];
on the term "super-substantial" Bread, [103]
John of St. Julian, O.P., [5]
John XXII., Pope, [23]
Josias, King of Juda, in Limbo, [155]
Joy as an effect of devotion, [62]
Joys of Contemplation, the, [210-216]
Justice, the chief of the Moral Virtues, [37], [55], [221]
Knowledge, its relation to the Moral Virtues, [182]
Latria, [30], [34], [44]
Leo the Great, St., on the Jews, [56]
Lia, the type of the Active Life, [222], [225], [234], [242], [246]
Liberty of Spirit, [237]
Life: definitions of, [169], [170], [171], [187];
considered as intellectual, life may be divided into the Active and the Contemplative, [171], [174];
cf. s.v. [Contemplative Life] and [Active Life];
the Active and Contemplative Life compared, [233-257];
the two Lives distinguished, [169-177];
their relative order, [249-252];
the "mixed" life, [175], [185];
the Life of Beatitude, [191];
the bestial life, [175];
the busy life, [175];
the civil life, [175];
the leisurely life, [175], [185];
the pleasurable life, [175];
the life of repose, [172], [173];
the life of toil, [172], [173];
the voluptuous life, [176]
Limbo, [118], [154-156]
Litany of the Saints, [158]
Living for Eternity, on, [83]
Livy on the Decii, [51]
Lombard, Peter, [25]
Lord's Prayer, the: the seven petitions of, [105-111];
the most perfect form of prayer, [105];
distractions in saying it, [132];
why we say Our Father, and not My Father, [96];
this prayer is recited in the name of the whole Church, [145];
in what sense we are tied to this restricted form of prayer, [136], [137];
the Lord's Prayer as a subject of meditation, [192]
Lyons, the Council of, St. Thomas summoned to it, [14]
Lyra, Nicolas de, his Gloss, [25]
Martyrs: the prayers of the, [162-164];
merits of the Martyrs, [256]
Marvel, what it is to, [189]
Mass, the: to be said distinctly, [122];
the Prayers of, [147];
the Prayer of the Consecration in the Mass, [149], [150]
Maximus Valerius, On Socrates, [84]
Meditation, [188], [190];
causes devotion, [57];
produces sadness as well as joy, [62-65];
the need of it, [61];
not to be neglected for vocal prayer, [123];
fruitful subjects for, [60];
meditation on the Sacred Passion, [59];
on choosing subtle subjects for meditation, [58], [60], [61]
Melancholy, no fruit of devotion, [64], [65]
Merit:
definition of, [166];
source of, [240];
merits and rewards, [242];
none in Heaven, [166], [243];
of the Active and Contemplative Life, [240-244];
the merit of prayer, [141];
those of the Saints, [163];
how we can merit for others, [141]
Military Religious Orders, [256]
Monica, St., [123]
Monte Cassino, [4]
Moral Acts, their nature, [225]
Moral Virtues, the:
Justice is the chief of the moral virtues, [221];
requisites for the moral virtues, [41];
their place in the Contemplative Life [182-186];
their function, [41], [43], [183-185];
their part in the Active Life, [220-226];
how far they remain after death, [230]
Movements of the soul, the three, [172], [203-210]
Mysticism, [1-3]
Necessity, to make a virtue of, [35], [44]
Nestorius's error concerning the Person of Christ, [161]
Novelty of St. Thomas's teaching, [6], [7]
"Obsecration" as a part of prayer, [147-149]
Observance, strictness of, [257]
Occultism, [3]
Office, attention at the Divine, [128]
Origen on sanctity, [47];
on not swearing, [148]
Passion, Meditation on the Sacred, [59], [63], [128]
Perfection, [44]
Peter Lombard, [25]
Philosophy is better than riches, [236]
Postillæ, [24]
Prayer to St. Thomas before study, A, [16]
Prayer: defined, [68], [69], [76], [78], [85], [102], [105], [127], [136], [148];
it is an act, [161];
not an act of the appetitive powers, [68], [71], [77];
it is an act of the virtue of religion, [76-80], [161];
after devotion, prayer is the highest act of the virtue of religion, [77];
it is a conversation with God, [74];
by it we become God's beggars, [110];
it is peculiar to the rational creation, [112-114];
in what sense the brute creatures pray, [114];
prayer is a gift from God, [139];
three requisites for prayer, [146];
four requisites for prayer, [138];
the real meaning of "petition," [78], [79];
the prayer of desire, [92], [105];
in what sense desire is not prayer, [77], [78];
prayer is a real cause, [72], [74], [166]
Why we should pray:
prayer is reasonable, [71-76], [107], [120], [147];
the merit of prayer, [125], [137-143];
the effects of prayer, [71], [120], [125], [132], [138];
prayer causes union with God, [70], [71]
Errors concerning prayer:
in general, [72];
it is not an adjuring of God, [148];
it never wearies God, [79], [80];
"much speaking" in prayer, [135];
it cannot change God's decrees, [72], [73], [86], [107], [161];
it does not "bend" His will, [86];
God knows beforehand what we would pray for, [73], [75], [80], [86], [120]
Of prayers heard and unheard:
the condition necessary if our prayers are to be heard, [89], [96], [141], [144];
of prayers heard in anger, [142], [143];
in what sense the prayers of sinners are heard, [143-146];
the prayers of the poor are speedily heard, [69];
how the prayers of the Saints are heard, [162], [168];
the prayers of the Martyrs and Apostles, [162], [163];
why prayers are not heard, [142];
of unheard prayers, [140];
why our prayers for others are sometimes not heard, [96];
in what sense the prayers of sinners are heard, [143-146]
How we should pray:
at regular intervals, [134];
our attitude in prayer, [150], [151];
beginning occupations with prayer, [70];
prayer "without ceasing," [91], [137];
attention at prayer, [125];
three kinds of attention, [120], [133];
distractions, [121], [127-133];
the length of our prayers, [133-137];
hindrances to prayer, [75];
the recitation of Psalms, [123];
prayer "in spirit and in truth," [126];
weariness in prayer, [134]
What we should pray for:
the impetratory value of prayer, [138], [141];
what we should pray for in general, [129], [142];
for Beatitude, [85-87];
prayer for definite things, [84-88];
for "sufficiency of life," [89];
against death, [83];
for continence, [87];
for knowledge of Holy Scripture, [88];
for deliverance from toothache, [92], [94];
for others, [95], [97], [98], [229];
for the wicked, [97];
for the good, [98];
for our inferiors, [98];
for temporal blessings, [89-95];
for the predestinate, [167];
for our enemies, [99-102];
the Saints in Heaven pray for the resurrection of their bodies, [116]
To whom we should pray:
not to God alone, [80-84];
to the Angels, [81];
to the Saints, [157-161];
to the lesser Saints, [117]
Who pray for us, and how:
the Angels pray for us, how, [114];
in what sense the Son and the Holy Spirit are said to pray, [113], [115];
how the Holy Spirit helps our prayers, [85];
the Saints pray for us, [115-118];
how, [156], [163], [166], [167];
how we merit the prayers of the Saints, [162];
how our prayers are known to the Saints, [152-157];
those in Limbo prayed for those on earth, [118];
those in Purgatory cannot pray for us, [117]
Divers forms of prayer:
vocal prayer, [119-125];
ejaculatory prayer, [134], [135];
prayer in secret, [121];
prayer of the heart, [124];
thanksgiving as a part of prayer, [149];
postulations as a part of prayer, [146-148]
The Lord's Prayer:
we say not "my Father," but "our Father," [96];
the seven petitions of the Lord's Prayer, [102-111];
the Lord's Prayer not said without distractions, [132];
in what sense we are tied to the Lord's Prayer as a formula, [136], [137]
The Church's prayers:
in general, [76], [147], [158];
public and private prayers, [119], [121], [122], [135];
how the prayer "of many" avails, [98];
the prayer of the Consecration at Mass, [149], [150]
Prelates and Contemplative Life, [236]
Prosper, St., the Book of Sentences Gleaned from St. Augustine, [140]
Prudence: its relation to the other Moral Virtues, [224];
it is requisite for the Active Life, [223-226]
Purity of soul, [252]
Purgatory: why the suffrages of the Church do not empty it at once, [167], [168];
the souls in Purgatory do not know our needs, [83];
neither do they pray for us, [83], [116], [118];
Brother Romanus passed sixteen days in Purgatory, [12]
Rabanus Maurus: his Gloss, [25];
on Prayer, [69]
Rachel, a type of the Contemplative Life, [163], [174], [180], [184], [234], [242]
Reading necessary for prayer, [190]
Reason: its function, [206];
the higher and the lower, [249];
the speculative and the practical, [68]
Religion: the virtue of, [27-50];
that it is a virtue, [34];
definition of, [27-31], [39], [49];
its principle is charity, [56];
it is one virtue, [35];
and a Moral Virtue, [40];
and a special virtue, [37-39];
not a Theological Virtue, [39];
the via media in, [41];
the harmony of, [42];
is superior to the other Moral Virtues, [42];
is not for God's profit, but for ours, [43];
demands external acts, [44];
how far it is identified with sanctity, [47-50]
Religious Orders, the Active and Contemplative compared, [253-257]
Religious people, [31], [50], [61];
they are not always Saints, [50]
Reposeful characters, [252]
Romanus, Brother, appears to St. Thomas, [12]
Sacrifice, the real nature of, [38], [46], [244]
Saints, the: what it is to be a Saint, [50];
they are not gloomy, [64], [65];
their knowledge of our needs, [82], [152-157];
their prayers for us, [115-118];
they feel no grief for us on earth, [155];
their wills are perfectly conformed to that of God, [116], [156], [163], [165], [167];
the Communion of Saints, [158], [164];
we ought to pray to them, [157-161];
of devotion to the Saints, [57];
to the lesser Saints, [117], [160];
they are co-workers with God, [154];
in what sense their prayers are always heard, [158], [162-168];
their merits, [163], [166];
how they pray for us, [163], [167]
"Saint of Saints, The," [160]
Scripture, prayer for knowledge of Holy, [88]
Seneca: on petitions, [74];
on idolatry, [46]
Sentences, the Book of, [6], [25]
Sinners, prayer for: [97];
the prayers of sinners, [143-146]
Sins of conversation, [110]
Socrates on prayer, [84]
Solicitude, how far it is forbidden, [90]
Sorrow, as an effect of devotion, [62], [64]
Speculation, [189]
Spirit, the Holy, how He helps us to pray, [85]
"Spirit and truth," prayer in, [126], [127]
Spiritualism, [3]
Stability implied in the notion of sanctity, [49]
Strabo, Walafrid, his Gloss, [24]
Strictness of life not an end in itself, [257]
"Sufficiency of life," prayer for, [89]
Suffrages for the Dead, [167], [168]
Summa Theologica: the broad divisions of, [19], [20];
the method employed in, [21], [22];
the Tertia Pars, [13]
Superiors and Contemplation, [238]
Supererogation, works of, [44]
Superstition, [42]
Supersubstantial Bread, [103]
Supplications as a part of prayer, [146]
Swearing, Origen on, [148]
Teaching: in what it consists, [227], [228];
due to Contemplation, [227];
how far it belongs to the Active Life, [226-229];
the beauty of the teaching life, [227];
how the Angels teach, [231]
Temperance: a necessity for the Contemplative Life, [184], [185];
how far it is identical with sanctity, [50]
Temporal things: the part they play in our life, [89];
they are "stepping-stones" to Heaven, [91];
how far they may be asked for, [89-95]
Thanksgivings as part of prayer, [147]
Theological Virtues, the, [39-41], [191], [192]
Theosebeia, [31]
Thomas Aquinas, St.: born at Rocca Secca, [4];
his early occupation with Divine things, [5];
goes to Monte Cassino, [4];
to Naples University, [5];
receives the habit of the Friars Preachers, [5];
is sent to Santa Sabina, [5];
is imprisoned, and studies the Bible, the Sentences, and the Philosophy of Aristotle, [6];
is created Bachelor in Theology, [6];
the novelty of his teaching, [7], [8];
created Master in Theology, [7];
says he would prefer to possess St. Chrysostom's Commentaries on the Gospel according to St. Matthew to the possession of the city of Paris, [10];
hears from Our Lord's lips, Bene scripsisti de Me, Thoma, [10];
his three petitions, [8];
his prayer before study, [8-11];
is visited by St. Peter and St. Paul, who explain to him a passage of Isaias, [11];
Brother Romanus appears to him, [12];
his approaching end is revealed to him, [12], [13];
the Crucifix speaks to him, [13];
he ceases to write, [14];
his emotion on hearing the words, Ne projicias nos, sung, [14];
is summoned to the Council of Lyons, [14];
his faith in the Holy Eucharist, [9], [15];
his dying words, [15];
his rhythm, Adoro Te Devote, [112];
the method of his teaching, [19];
his teaching is regarded as miraculous, [23];
his use of the works of the Fathers, [16], [18], [23];
his teaching and that of St. Augustine, [16-18];
his self-effacement, [23]
Tocco, William of, biographer of St. Thomas, [5] note, [6], [8], [9], [11], [15]
Toothache: St. Thomas's deliverance from it, [93];
St. Augustine's deliverance from it, [93]
Trinity, the Holy: how to pray to, [81];
the Collect for Trinity Sunday, [147]
Union with God, [3], [197], [198].
Cf. s.v. [God]
Valgornera, Theologia Mystica, [1]
Via media in religion, [41]
Vigilantius's errors regarding prayer, [117], [162]
Virginity, [50]
Virgins, the five wise and the five foolish, [247]
Virtue: definition of, [34];
its praiseworthy character, [43];
it lies in the will, [43]
Walafrid Strabo, his Gloss, [24]
Will: the object of the, [57];
its functions, [52], [70];
the part it plays in the Contemplative Life, [179-181]
Women, the natural devotion of, [59]
Worship: in what it consists, [41]
INDEX OF TEXTS QUOTED OR EXPLAINED
Genesis.
xxix. 17; [184]
xxxii. 30-32; [200], [214]
Exodus.
iii. 6; [117]
iii. 14; [176]
xiii. 6; [117]
xix. 21; [136], [237]
xx. 1-17; [42]
xxxv. 20, 21; [52]
1 Kings.
i. 18; [120]
xv. 19; [73]
2 Kings.
vii. 18; [150]
3 Kings.
xviii. 42; [150]
4 Kings.
xxii. 50; [155]
2 Paralipomenon.
xxix. 31; [52]
Job.
v. 1; [80], [157]
xiv. 21; [152]
xvi. 20-23; [210]
xxxi. 14; [226]
xxxi. 23; [236]
Psalms.
v. 5; [177]
vi. 7; [151]
vi. 11; [99]
x. 17; [69]
xv. 2; [43]
xv. 5; [32]
xv. 5, 6; [172]
xv. 9; [120]
xv. 11; [177]
xvi. 6-9; [252]
xxiv. 6-11; [177]
xxvi. 4; [70], [136], [197]
xxvi. 5; [240]
xxvi. 8; [120]
xxxii. 20, 21; [137]
xxxiii. 9; [211], [216]
xxxiv. 13; [97], [137]
xxxv. 7; [235]
xxxvi. 23-25; [146]
xxxvii. 10; [91]
xxxviii. 4; [57]
xxxviii. 13; [68], [143]
xxxix. 13; [120]
xli. 3; [63]
xli. 1-6; [182]
xlv. 11; [235], [246]
xlvii. 9; [13]
xlvii. 9, 10, 15; [238]
xlix. 13; [46]
l. 19; [64]
liv. 1-7; [150]
liv. 23; [95]
lvii. 11; [100]
lviii. 7; [43]
lxv. 8-12; [232]
lxvi.; [84]
lxx. 17, 18; [76]
lxx. 20; [14]
lxxii. 21-28; [192]
lxxii. 28; [58]
lxxv. 4, 5; [129]
lxxvi. 1; [32]
lxxvi. 4; [62]
lxxix. 4; [85]
lxxxiii. 3; [44]
lxxxiii. 12; [81]
lxxxv. 1-5; [125]
xciv. 3; [46]
xcvi. 7; [113]
cii. 1-15; [249]
ciii. 33, 34; [80]
cxviii. 35; [85]
cxviii. 145; [124]
cxx. 1, 2; [58]
cxx. 4; [80]
cxxxviii. 14; [194]
cxl. 2; [76]
cxli. 1; [119]
cxlii. 4-7; [132]
cxlii. 5, 6; [194]
cxliii. 15; [191]
cxliv. 13; [104]
cxlv. 1; [130]
cxlvi. 9; [114]
Proverbs.
xxviii. 8; [144]
xxx. 8; [89]
Ecclesiastes.
vii. 14; [97]
Wisdom.
vii. 7; [190]
viii. 2; [185]
viii. 16; [171], [204], [210]
ix. 15; [132], [213]
xv. 1-3; [244]
Ecclesiasticus.
xxviii. 2; [146]
xxx. 24; [244]
xxxvi. 1-3; [102]
xxxvi. 16-19; [114]
xli. 1-6; [223]
xliii. 33; [41]
Isaias.
xii. 1-6; [219]
xxv. 8, 9; [198]
xxvi. 3,4,8,9; [201]
xxxii. 17; [184]
xxxiii. 13-17; [181]
xlvi. 10; [104]
lviii. 5; [256]
lxiii. 15, 16; [88], [154]
lxiv. 8, 9; [71]
lxv. 24; [70]
Jeremias.
vii. 16; [97]
xiv. 8,9; [186]
xv. 1; [96], [164]
xxxi. 34; [231]
Lamentations.
iii. 19; [63]
Daniel.
ix. 14; [160]
ix. 18, 19; [147]
x. 12, 13; [165]
Osee.
xiv. 3; [120]
Habacuc.
ii. 4; [190]
Malachi.
i. 6; [36]
iii. 14; [72]
2 Maccabees
xv. 14; [115], [162]
St. Matthew.
v. 8; [184]
v. 44; [99]
vi. 6; [121]
vi. 7; [135]
vi. 8; [80]
vi. 9; [136]
vi. 9-13; [84]
vi. 25; [90]
vi. 32; [73]
vi. 33; [90]
vii. 7; [78]
xviii. 10; [157], [231]
xxii. 30; [165]
xxv. 3, 4; [247]
St. Luke.
i. 49; [104]
i. 74, 75; [47]
vi. 12; [135]
vi. 13; [139]
ix. 55; [57]
x. 39; [190]
x. 40; [241]
x. 41; [234], [248]
x. 42; [216], [233], [248], [253]
x. 43; [235]
xi. 2-4; [84], [106]
xv. 13-16; [61]
xviii. 1; [71], [133], [137]
xxii. 43; [135]
St. John.
iv. 24; [45], [85], [126]
v. 16; [95]
ix. 31; [144]
xi. 3; [146]
xiv. 8; [177]
xiv. 16; [113]
xvi. 23; [96]
xvii. 1-5; [111], [177]
xvii. 24; [98]
xix. 1-5; [56]
xxi. 22; [243]
Acts.
vii. 59; [151]
xv. 9; [177]
xx. 36; [151]
Romans.
i. 20; [45], [193]
vii. 24; [213]
viii. 26; [85], [113], [198]
viii. 31; [32]
viii. 38, 39; [48]
ix. 3; [241]
xiii. 10; [183]
xv. 4; [99]
xv. 30; [98], [158]
1 Corinthians.
i. 11; [98]
iii. 8; [242]
iv. 5; [177]
vi. 9, 10; [104]
ix. 16; [44]
x. 31; [134]
xii. 31; [237]
xiii. 8; [217]
xiii. 12; [176], [213]
xiv. 14; [126]
xiv. 15; [82]
2 Corinthians.
iii. 18; [189]
iv. 18; [90]
v. 6; [131]
v. 6, 7; [190]
v. 15; [239]
x. 31; [38]
xii. 7-9; [139]
Galatians.
iv. 14; [32]
v. 13; [30]
Ephesians.
i. 4; [76]
iv. 5, 6; [35]
Philippians.
iii. 20; [65]
iv. 7; [198]
Colossians.
iii. 3, 4; [176]
1 Thessalonians.
v. 17; [91], [133], [137]
1 Timothy.
i. 5; [191]
ii. 1; [146], [147]
ii. 4; [86]
2 Timothy.
iii. 5; [144]
Hebrews.
iii., iv., v.; [92]
vii. 25; [115]
x. 20; [248]
xii. 4; [256]
xii. 14; [48], [184]
St. James.
i. 6; [141]
i. 27; [28]
iv. 3; [85]
v. 16; [95]
1 St. John.
iii. 2; [176], [197], [231]
iv. 19; [107]
v. 16; [97]
Apocalypse.
vi. 10; [100], [164]
vi. 11; [164]
viii. 4; [81]
xv. 1; [164]
xxii. 17; [244]