ST Suppl., q. 91
Of the Quality of the World After the Judgment
Supplement — compiled posthumously from Aquinas's early Sentences commentary
We must next discuss the quality which the world and those who rise again will have after the judgment. Here a threefold matter offers itself to our consideration: (1) The state and quality of the world; (2) The state of the blessed; (3) The state of the wicked.
Under the first head there are five points of inquiry:
(1) Whether there will be a renewal of the world?
(2) Whether the movement of the heavenly bodies will cease?
(3) Whether the heavenly bodies will be more brilliant?
(4) Whether the elements will receive an additional clarity?
(5) Whether the animals and plants will remain?
Articles
- a. 1Whether the world will be renewed?
- a. 2Whether the movement of the heavenly bodies will cease?
- a. 3Whether the brightness of the heavenly bodies will be increased at this renewal?
- a. 4Whether the elements will be renewed by an addition of brightness?
- a. 5Whether the plants and animals will remain in this renewal?