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 Zeal for souls, 243, 244 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