ST I, q. 54
Of the Knowledge of the Angels
After considering what belongs to the angel's substance, we now proceed to his knowledge. This investigation will be fourfold. In the first place inquiry must be made into his power of knowledge: secondly, into his medium of knowledge: thirdly, into the objects known: and fourthly, into the manner whereby he knows them.
Under the first heading there are five points of inquiry:
(1) Is the angel's understanding his substance?
(2) Is his being his understanding?
(3) Is his substance his power of intelligence?
(4) Is there in the angels an active and a passive intellect?
(5) Is there in them any other power of knowledge besides the intellect?
Articles
- a. 1Whether an angel's act of understanding is his substance?
- a. 2Whether in the angel to understand is to exist?
- a. 3Whether an angel's power of intelligence is his essence?
- a. 4Whether there is an active and a passive intellect in an angel?
- a. 5Whether there is only intellectual knowledge in the angels?