Article — Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Article I. On the act of theological faith
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Definition. The act of faith is a supernatural, firm, and free assent given to revealed truths on account of the authority of God speaking, or, as St. Thomas says:16 "an act of the intellect assenting to divine truth by the command of the will moved by God through grace." By these words there is indicated concerning the act of faith 1. the subject, 2. the object, 3. the properties, concerning which we shall treat in separate paragraphs.
16 S. theol. 2, 2, q. 2, a. 9.
Within this article
- § 1. On the subject of the act of faithnn. 480–481
- § 2. On the object of the act of faithnn. 482–486
- § 3. On the properties of faithnn. 487–491