| Translator's Note | |
| Abbreviations | |
| Introduction | p. 3 |
| On Evil | p. 55 |
| Is Evil an Entity? | p. 55 |
| Is There Evil in Good? | p. 62 |
| Is Good the Cause of Evil? | p. 68 |
| Is Evil Suitably Divided into the Evil of Moral Wrong and the Evil of Punishment? | p. 75 |
| Does Punishment or Moral Wrong Have More of the Nature of Evil? | p. 80 |
| On Sins | p. 89 |
| Is an Act Involved in Every Sin? | p. 89 |
| Does Sin Consist Solely of the Will's Act? | p. 95 |
| Does Sin Consist Chiefly of Acts of the Will? | p. 100 |
| Is Every Act Morally Indifferent? | p. 103 |
| Are Some Acts Morally Indifferent? | p. 109 |
| Do Circumstances Specify Sins or Alter the Species of Sin by Transferring Them into Different Kinds of Sin? | p. 114 |
| Do Circumstances Make Sins More Serious without Imputing Species to Sins? | p. 120 |
| Do Circumstances Make Sins Infinitely More Serious, Namely, so as to Make Venial Sins Mortal? | p. 123 |
| Are All Sins Equal? | p. 124 |
| Are Sins More Serious Because They Are Contrary to a Greater Good? | p. 130 |
| Does Sin Diminish Natural Good? | p. 132 |
| Can Sin Destroy the Whole Natural Good? | p. 137 |
| On the Causes of Sin | p. 141 |
| Does God Cause Sin? | p. 141 |
| Do Acts of Sin Come from God? | p. 146 |
| Does the Devil Cause Sin? | p. 149 |
| Can the Devil by Interior Persuasion Induce Human Beings to Sin? | p. 154 |
| Does the Devil Suggest Every Sin? | p. 157 |
| Regarding Human Sinners, Can Ignorance Cause Sin? | p. 158 |
| Is Ignorance a Sin? | p. 161 |
| Does Ignorance Excuse or Diminish Sin? | p. 165 |
| Can a Person Having Knowledge Sin out of Weakness? | p. 168 |
| Do We Impute Sins out of Weakness to Human Beings as Mortal Sins? | p. 173 |
| Does Weakness Make Sin Less or More Serious? | p. 175 |
| Can a Person Sin out of Malice, That is, Deliberate Malice? | p. 177 |
| Does the Sinner out of Malice Sin More Seriously than the Sinner out of Weakness? | p. 181 |
| Is Every Sin Done out of Malice a Sin against the Holy Spirit? | p. 184 |
| Can Sins against the Holy Spirit Be Forgiven? | p. 189 |
| On Original Sin | p. 193 |
| Is a Sin Contracted by Physical Descent? | p. 193 |
| What Is Original Sin? | p. 200 |
| Is Flesh or the Soul the Subject in Which Original Sin Inheres? | p. 209 |
| Does Original Sin Inhere in the Powers of the Soul Prior to Being in the Soul's Essence? | p. 211 |
| Does Original Sin Inhere in the Will Prior to Being in Other Powers? | p. 214 |
| Is Original Sin Transmitted by Adam to All Descendants from His Seed? | p. 216 |
| Do Those Begotten Only from Adam's Matter Contract Original Sin? | p. 223 |
| Are the Sins of Immediate Parents Transmitted by Physical Descent to Their Posterity? | p. 225 |
| On the Punishment of Original Sin | p. 231 |
| Is Privation of the Vision of God a Fitting Punishment for Original Sin? | p. 231 |
| Does Original Sin Deserve Punishment of the Senses? | p. 237 |
| Do Those Who Die with Only Original Sin Suffer the Torment of Internal Anguish? | p. 239 |
| Are Death and Other Ills of This Life Punishment of Original Sin? | p. 242 |
| Are Death and Like Ills Natural to Human Beings? | p. 245 |
| On Human Choice | p. 253 |
| Do Human Beings Have Free Choice in Their Acts, or Do They Choose Necessarily? | p. 253 |
| On Venial Sin | p. 265 |
| Do We Properly Contradistinguish Venial Sin from Mortal Sin? | p. 265 |
| Does Venial Sin Diminish Charity? | p. 273 |
| Can Venial Sin Become Mortal? | p. 279 |
| Do Circumstances Make Venial Sins Mortal? | p. 285 |
| Can Venial Sin Belong to Higher Reason? | p. 287 |
| Can Venial Sin Belong to Sense Appetites? | p. 292 |
| Could Adam in the Condition of Innocence Have Sinned Venially? | p. 295 |
| Are the First Movements of the Sense Appetites of Unbelievers Venial Sins? | p. 300 |
| Can a Good or Bad Angel Sin Venially? | p. 302 |
| Is Venial Sin by One without Charity Punished by Eternal Punishment? | p. 303 |
| Are Any Venial Sins Remitted in Purgatory after This Life Ends? | p. 308 |
| Does Sprinkling Holy Water, Anointing the Body, and the Like Remit Venial Sins in This Life? | p. 314 |
| On the Capital Sins | p. 317 |
| How Many Capital Sins Are There, and Which Sins Are? | p. 317 |
| Is Pride a Special Kind of Sin? | p. 325 |
| Does Pride Belong to Irascible Power? | p. 332 |
| Does Gregory Appropriately Assign Four Species of Pride? | p. 338 |
| On VainGlory | p. 341 |
| Is Vainglory a Sin? | p. 341 |
| Is Vainglory a Mortal Sin? | p. 344 |
| Do We Appropriately Assign Disobedience, Boasting, Hypocrisy, Contention, Obstinacy, Discord, and Audacity for Novelties as the Daughters of Vainglory? | p. 348 |
| On Envy | p. 351 |
| Is Envy a Sin? | p. 351 |
| Is Envy a Mortal Sin? | p. 354 |
| Is Envy a Capital Sin? | p. 359 |
| On Spiritual Apathy | p. 361 |
| Is Spiritual Apathy a Sin? | p. 361 |
| Is Spiritual Apathy a Special Kind of Sin? | p. 364 |
| Is Spiritual Apathy a Mortal Sin? | p. 366 |
| Is Spiritual Apathy a Capital Sin? | p. 369 |
| On Anger | p. 371 |
| Is All Anger Sin, or Is Some Anger Good? | p. 371 |
| Can Anger Be a Sin? | p. 377 |
| Is Anger a Mortal Sin? | p. 380 |
| Is Anger a Less Serious Sin Than Hate and Envy and the Like? | p. 384 |
| Is Anger a Capital Sin? | p. 386 |
| On Avarice | p. 389 |
| Is Avarice a Special Kind of Sin? | p. 389 |
| Is Avarice a Mortal Sin? | p. 392 |
| Is Avarice a Capital Sin? | p. 395 |
| Is Lending at Interest a Mortal Sin? | p. 397 |
| On Gluttony | p. 405 |
| Is Gluttony Always a Sin? | p. 405 |
| Is Gluttony a Mortal Sin? | p. 408 |
| Does Gregory Appropriately List the Species of Gluttony? | p. 412 |
| Is Gluttony a Capital Sin? | p. 415 |
| On Sexual Lust | p. 419 |
| Is Every Act of Sexual Lust a Sin? | p. 419 |
| Is Every Act of Sexual Lust a Mortal Sin? | p. 423 |
| Are Fornication, Adultery, Incest, Seduction of a Virgin, Rape, and Sins Contrary to Nature the Species of Sexual Lust? | p. 430 |
| Is Sexual Lust a Capital Sin? | p. 431 |
| On Devils | p. 435 |
| Do Devils Have Bodies Joined to Them by Nature? | p. 435 |
| Are Devils Evil by Their Nature or Their Will? | p. 444 |
| Did the Devil in Sinning Desire Equality with God? | p. 452 |
| Did the Devil Sin, or Could He Have Sinned, at the First Moment of His Creation? | p. 458 |
| Can Devils' Free Choice Return to Good after Their Sin? | p. 467 |
| Is a Devil's Intellect So Darkened after Sin That It Can Err or Be Deceived? | p. 474 |
| Do Devils Know Future Things? | p. 482 |
| Do Devils Know Our Interior Thoughts? | p. 490 |
| Can Devils Alter Material Substances by Changing the Substances' Forms? | p. 495 |
| Can Devils Cause the Locomotion of Material Substances? | p. 500 |
| Can Devils Affect the Soul's Cognitive Powers Regarding the Internal or External Senses? | p. 503 |
| Can Devils Affect Human Beings' Intellect? | p. 509 |
| Glossary of Terms | p. 515 |
| Glossary of Authors and Works Cited | p. 521 |
| Comparable Passages in Other Works of Aquinas | p. 525 |
| Non-Biblical Texts Cited | p. 527 |
| Select Bibliography | p. 531 |
| Index | p. 537 |
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