Table of Contents
Table of Figures	v
List of Abbreviations	vi
Preface	viii
Introduction	xi
Chapter One: Charity's Relationship to Knowledge	1
	Charity's Act: Contemporary Efforts at Renewal	1
	Thomas Aquinas and Charity's relationship to Knowledge	9
	Implications of the Theology of Moral Motivation	13
Chapter Two: The Will's Role in Practical Reasoning	15
	Acting from Knowledge	16
	Free Choice in Practical Reasoning	21
	Natural Principles of Practical Reasoning	50
Chapter Three: Knowledge and Love in Human Action	59
	Development of St. Thomas' Theory of Love	59
	Knowledge and Love in Human Happiness	76
	Knowledge and Love in Practical Reasoning	79
	Knowledge, Love and Virtue	98
	St. Thomas' Psychology of Knowledge and Love: Summary	110
Chapter Four: Intellect and Will in St. Thomas' Theology of Faith	112
	Grace and the Elevation of Human Nature	114
	The Virtue of Faith and Its Act	120
	Evolution of St. Thomas' Theology of Faith	123
Chapter Five: Charity's Relationship to Knowledge in Human Action	140
	Charity as Friendship with God	140
	Charity and Faith	144
	Charity and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit	154
	Charity and the Infused Cardinal Virtues	161
	Charity as the Form of the Virtues	184
	Charity's Relationship to Knowledge: Summation	194
Chapter Six: Charity's Status as a Virtue	196
	Relationship between Charity and Knowledge: The First Question	196
	Charity's Status as a Virtue: The Second Question	200
Conclusion: By Knowledge and By Love	231
Bibliography	233




Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Charity, Knowledge, Theory of, Love Religious aspects Christianity, Christian ethics Catholic authors, Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274