. 5-6.

[302] _Moralia in Job_, vi. 18; and _Hom._ XIV., _On Ezechiel_.

[303] _Ethics_, I., v. 21.

[304] _Of the City of God_, xix. 2 and 19.

[305] Col. iii. 3-4.

[306] 1 Cor. xiii. 12.

[307] 1 John iii. 2.

[308] Exod. iii. 14.

[309] S. John xvii. 3.

[310] 1 Cor. iv. 5.

[311] Ps. v. 5.

[312] Ps. xv. 11.

[313] S. John xiv. 8.

[314] Acts xv. 9.

[315] Ps. xxiv. 6-11.

QUESTION CLXXX

OF THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE

I. Is the Contemplative Life wholly confined to the Intellect,
or does the Will enter into it?
S. Thomas, _On the Beatific Vision_, I., xii. 7
_ad 3m_
II. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life?
S. Augustine, _Of the City of God_, xix. 19
III. Does the Contemplative Life comprise many Acts?
S. Augustine, _Of the Perfection of Human
Righteousness_, viii. 18
" _Ep._, cxxx. _ad probam_
IV. Does the Contemplative Life consist solely in the
Contemplation of God, or in the Consideration
of other Truths as well?
S. Augustine, _Sermon_, CLXIX., xiv. 17
" _Ep._, cxxx. _ad probam_
V. Can the Contemplative Life attain, according to the State of
this Present Life, to the Contemplation
of the Divine Essence?
S. Augustine, _Of the Sermon on the Mount_, II.,
ix. 35
VI. Is the Act of Contemplation rightly distinguished according
to the three kinds of Motion--Circular, Direct,
and Oblique?
VII. Has Contemplation its Joys?
VIII. Is the Contemplative Life lasting?
S. Augustine, _Sermon_, cclix., _On Low Sunday_

I

Is the Contemplative Life wholly confined to the Intellect, or does the
Will enter into it?

S. Gregory the Great says[316]: "The contemplative life means keeping of
charity towards God and our neighbour, and fixing all our desires on our
Creator." But desire and love belong to the affective or appetitive
powers; consequently the contemplative life is not confined to the
intellect.

* * * * *

When men's thoughts are principally directed towards the contemplation
of the truth, their life is said to be "contemplative." But to "intend"
or direct is an act of the will, since "intention" or direction is
concerned with the end in view, and the end is the proper object of the
will. Hence contemplation,