Quodlibet IX

Abstract

This chapter presents Thomas Aquinas’s Quodlibet II, which dates from his second Parisian regency (the second time Aquinas functioned as a master in Paris). It contains Aquinas’s answers questions about Christ, angels, and human beings. Specifically, the questions deal with Christ: Was Christ numerically the same human being during the three days he was dead? Would any of Christ’s suffering have been enough to redeem the human race without his death?; the composition of angels: Is an angel substantially composed of essence and existence? Is there a difference between an angelic subject and its nature?; the time of the movement of angels; virtues related to divine matters; virtues related to human matters; sins; punishments for sins; and forgiveness of sins.