On prayer and the contemplative life

by Saint Aquinas Thomas

[436] Hom. V., On Ezechiel.

[437] Ps. lxv. 8-12.

QUESTION CLXXXII

OF THE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE ACTIVE AND THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE

[I. Is the Active Life preferable to the Contemplative?]
Cardinal Cajetan, On Preparation for the Contemplative Life
S. Augustine, Confessions, X., xliii. 70
On Psalm xxvi.

[II. Is the Active Life more Meritorious than the Contemplative?]

[III. Is the Active Life a Hindrance to the Contemplative Life?]
Cardinal Cajetan, On the True Interior Life
S. Augustine, Sermon, CCLVI., v. 6

[IV. Does the Active Life precede the Contemplative?]

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Is the Active Life preferable to the Contemplative?