es and the fruits are distinct from the virtues. But faith is numbered among the gratuitous graces ( 1 Cor. 12:9 ) and likewise among the fruits ( Gal. 5:23 ). Therefore faith is not a virtue. On the contrary, Man is justified by the virtues, since "justice is all virtue," as the…

reckon in addition the working of signs as another gratuitous grace. On the contrary, The Apostle ( 1 Cor. 12:9,10 ) says that among other gratuitous graces, "to another" is given "the grace of healing . . . to another, the working of miracles." I answer that, As stated above ( Q…

who anointed them that they procured the effects of bodily health, through the "grace of healing" ( 1 Cor. 12:9 ) but not through sacramental grace. Whether deacons can confer this sacrament? Objection 1: It would seem that deacons can confer this sacrament. For, according to Dio…