ST Suppl., q. 40
Of the Things Annexed to the Sacrament of Order
Supplement — compiled posthumously from Aquinas's early Sentences commentary
We must now consider the things that are annexed to the sacrament of Order. Under this head there are seven points of inquiry:
(1) Whether those who are ordained ought to be shaven and tonsured in the form of a crown?
(2) Whether the tonsure is an Order?
(3) Whether by receiving the tonsure one renounces temporal goods?
(4) Whether above the priestly Order there should be an episcopal power?
(5) Whether the episcopate is an Order?
(6) Whether in the Church there can be any power above the episcopate?
(7) Whether the vestments of the ministers are fittingly instituted by the Church?
Articles
- a. 1Whether those who are ordained ought to wear the tonsure?
- a. 2Whether the tonsure is an Order?
- a. 3Whether by receiving the tonsure a man renounces temporal goods?
- a. 4Whether above the priestly Order there ought to be an episcopal power?
- a. 5Whether the episcopate is an Order?
- a. 6Whether in the Church there can be anyone above the bishops?
- a. 7Whether the vestments of the ministers are fittingly instituted in the Church?