Says Thomas: _Consequenter post prudentiam considerandum est de Justitia_.
Whereupon follows a juristic treatment of _jus_, _justitia_, _judicium_,
_restitutio_, _acceptio personarum_; then _homicide_ and other crimes
recognized by law. Then come the virtues, connected with _justitia_, to
wit, _religio_, and its acts, _devotio_, _oratio_, _adoratio_,
_sacrificium_, _oblatio_, _decimae_, _votum_, _juramentum_; then the vices
opposed to _religio_: _superstitio_, _idolatria_, _tentatio Dei_,
_perjurium_, _sacrilegium_, _simonia_. Next is considered the virtue of
_pietas_; then _observantia_, with its parts, i.e. _dulia_ (service),
_obedientia_, and its opposite, _inobedientia_. Next, _gratia_ (thanks) or
_gratitudo_, and its opposite, _ingratitudo_; next, _vindicatio_
(punishment); next, _veritas_, with its opposites, _hypocrisis_,
_jactantia_ (boasting), and _ironia_; next, _amicitia_, with the vices of
_adulatio_ and _litigium_. Next, the virtue of _liberalitas_, and its
vices, _avaritia_ and _prodigalitas_; next, _epieikeia_ (_aequitas_).
Finally, closing this discussion of all that is connected with _Justitia_,
Thomas speaks of its corresponding gift of the Spirit, _pietas_.
Now comes the third cardinal virtue, _Fortitudo_--under which _martyrium_
is the type of virtuous act; _intimiditas_ and _audacia_ are the two
vices. Then the parts of _Fortitudo_, to wit, _magnanimitas_,
_magnificentia_, _patientia_, _perseverantia_, and the obvious opposing
vices. Next, the fourth cardinal virtue, _Temperantia_, its obvious
opposing vices, and its parts, to wit, _verecundia_, _honestas_,
_abstinentia_, _sobrietas_, _castitas_, _clementia_, _modestia_,
_humilitas_, and the various appropriate acts and opposing vices related
to these special virtues.
So far,[450] Thomas has been considering the virtues proper for all men;
and now he comes to those specially pertaining to certain kinds of men,
according to their gifts of grace, their modes of life, or the diversity
of their offices, or stations. Of the special virtues related to gifts of
grace, the first is _prophetia_, next _raptus_ (vision), then _gratia
linguarum_, and _gratia miraculorum_. After this, the _vita activa_ and
_contemplativa_, with their appropriate virtues, are considered. And then
Thomas proceeds to speak _De officiis et statibus hominum_, and their
respective virtues.
Here ends the _Secunda secundae_, and _Pars tertia_ opens with this
Prologue:
“Inasmuch as our Saviour Jesus Christ (as witnesseth the Angel,
_populum suum salvum faciens a peccatis eorum_) has shown in himself
the way of truth, through which we are able to come to the beatitude
of immortal life by rising again, it is necessary, for the
consummation of the whole theological matter, after the consideration
of the final end of human life, and of the virtues and vices, that our
attention should be fixed upon the Saviour of all and His benefactions
to the human race.
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