Note 23
This First Part, dealing with God and the order of creation, is organized as follows:
- Essence (qu. 2-26);
- Whether God exists (qu. 2);
- Whether the proposition of His existence is evident
(art. 1); - Whether it is demonstrable (art. 2);
- Whether He does exist (art. 3);
- Whether the proposition of His existence is evident
- How He exists or, rather, does not exist (qu. 3-13);
- How He is not (qu. 3-11);
- How He is known to us (qu. 12);
- How He is named (qu. 13);
- His operation (qu. 14-26);
- His knowledge (qu. 14-18);
- His will (qu. 19-24.);
- His power (qu. 25-26);
- Whether God exists (qu. 2);
- Distinction of Persons (qu. 27-43);
- Origin or procession (qu. 27);
- Relations of origin (qu. 28);
- The Persons as such (qu. 29-43);
- Procession of creatures (qu. 44-end);
- Production of creatures (qu. 44-46);
- Distinction of creatures (qu. 47-102);
- Government of creatures (qu. 103-end).