Summa Theologica

IIa IIae q. 83 : Of Prayer (Seventeen Articles)

[Letter] [A4] Entire question
[Letter] [A4] 1. Whether prayer is an act of the appetitive power?
[Letter] [A4] 2. Whether it is becoming to pray?
[Letter] [A4] 3. Whether prayer is an act of religion?
[Letter] [A4] 4. Whether we ought to pray to God alone?
[Letter] [A4] 5. Whether we ought to ask for something definite when we pray?
[Letter] [A4] 6. Whether man ought to ask God for temporal things when he prays?
[Letter] [A4] 7. Whether we ought to pray for others?
[Letter] [A4] 8. Whether we ought to pray for our enemies?
[Letter] [A4] 9. Whether the seven petitions of the Lord's Prayer are fittingly assigned?
[Letter] [A4] 10. Whether prayer is proper to the rational creature?
[Letter] [A4] 11. Whether the saints in heaven pray for us?
[Letter] [A4] 12. Whether prayer should be vocal?
[Letter] [A4] 13. Whether attention is a necessary condition of prayer?
[Letter] [A4] 14. Whether prayer should last a long time?
[Letter] [A4] 15. Whether prayer is meritorious?
[Letter] [A4] 16. Whether sinners impetrate anything from God by their prayers?
[Letter] [A4] 17. Whether the parts of prayer are fittingly described as supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings?