QUESTION 56

OF THE ANGEL'S KNOWLEDGE OF IMMATERIAL THINGS

(In Three Articles)

We now inquire into the knowledge of the angels with regard to the

objects known by them. We shall treat of their knowledge, first, of

immaterial things, secondly of things material. Under the first

heading there are three points of inquiry:

(1) Does an angel know himself?

(2) Does one angel know another?

(3) Does the angel know God by his own natural principles?

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